https://ui.perfetto.dev/ is also good in this line.
heh, I worked on that one so I didn't feel like I should put it. I'm happy you thought of it though.
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chromy commented on Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)? · Posted by u/troupo
As someone who recently tried to use Blender for an extremely simple task... Blender's UI is absolutely terrible and should not be used as an example of anything except how to design an unintuitive UI.
I think intuitiveness and density are orthogonal properties (although often both desirable).
Regarding Blender specifically:
Do you have a background in 3D modeling?
I am genuinely curious.
I don't come from an digital art background and I bounced off Blenders UI several times but after doing a tutorial or two now I find I can use it for simple things. I have always wondered how much it was 3D modeling in general vs. Blender specifically.
In a similar case I have used both Inkscape and Illustrator as an amateur and, much as I love open source, there is no comparison. Illustrator was significantly easier to use and worked better.
chromy commented on Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)? · Posted by u/troupo
Look for tracing/profiling/binary analysis UIs:
- https://superuser.com/questions/1117466/using-windows-perfor...
- https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy
- https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex
3D modeling / CAD software:
- Blender/Rhino etc
- Similar for audio you can search for 'DAWs' (https://blog.landr.com/best-daw/)
Many examples on https://x.com/usgraphics/media only some software.
Not on the data side but can be useful just for contrast from todays software:
The Republic of Ireland (the west most region on the first page) isn't part of the United Kingdom. The term for the group of regions shown is 'the British Isles'. See https://qntm.org/uk While it seems like a trivial distinction the whole thing is somewhat fraught (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles).
Transcendence: https://transcendence.kronosaur.com/