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> I think you are confusing user interface design with user experience (UX)

That's just an excuse for people to make ugly UIs. Aesthetics is an integral part of usability. A UX designer who has no clue about aesthetics is worthless.

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What's aesthetically pleasing to a OSX-user might be something totally different to a Windows-user. A UX designer who doesn't know that, is worthless as well ;)

The more heavily I rely on a good tool, the less attention I need pay it. E.g., Emacs is quite ugly but that only makes it harder to learn, not harder to use.

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