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OSDir Application Screenshots

Posted by timothy on from the exhaustingly-exhaustive dept.

Chris writes "Did you know that OSDir now does frequently updated screenshots of open source apps, including Evolution 2.0, KDE 3.3, Gnome 2.8, Enlightenment DR 16.7.1, Thunderbird 0.8, and YaST? Have a look!" These screenshot tours are a great way to see how polished (or not) a particular piece of software is getting, especially when you absolutely have to know what every menu item holds.

3 of 9 comments (clear)

  1. Yawn by Muda69 · · Score: 0, Insightful

    I'm sorry, but screenshots don't excite me. Give me a feature list update as well as bugs fixed in new releases. I could do without the bandwith-hogging screenshots, TYVM.

  2. Screenshots tell you little by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While screenshots make for nice eyecandy, they tell you very little about an application.

    Anyone can put together a fancy UI using a GUI builder, but the functionality behind that UI may not be in any working order.

    Featurelists, buglists, and roadmap are the important items of documentation. Not screenshots.

  3. GUI Usefullness by StarWynd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would much rather have a review of the ease of use of the software than seeing eye candy. The GUI presentation is an important aspect of software, but it's not the look of the GUI so much as it is how easy the GUI is to use. The best GUI software out there is the kind where you don't have to think too hard about how to do something. There are times when I've gone back to the command line just because the layout in the GUI version was so confusing. There's a big difference between an interface being really slick and being really useful.