New Blender UI - The Proposal
What it is
Blender Guru's Andrew Price proposes a redesign of Blender's user interface, answering the usability problems raised in earlier parts of the series. He later noted the proposal had flaws and posted a follow-up.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Seen as an inflection point in how Blender's UI was perceived, and as helping kick off the 2.8 redesign.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2017, last 2021
What HN commenters said
“Andrew Price's improved UI mock-up did look pretty amazing”
Improved Blender UI mock-up with many good ideas
mastax, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “Inkscape Version 0.92 is Released”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: blender, ui design, usability, 3d software, redesign
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