It's nice enough...but when you say GUI Framework I think of something like Qt.
Arwes – Futuristic Sci-Fi / Cyberpunk Graphical User Interface Framework
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#112Why does the future now have a pale blue glow? We're past the pale blue glow of the CRT era.
This is influenced by the cyberpunk imagery from the 90s so it makes sense. It says "future" but the cyberpunk aesthetic is more of a Retrofuture aesthetic now.
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#113Glad to see this posted on Hacker News. I used this for our internal tool and the first time I showed it, almost the whole company were in awe. I made a kind of public version here if you're interested: https://scan-viewer.vercel.app/scans/1 Edit: Guess I should explain a bit more about this tool. Our main product is a handheld scanner that can take an individual’s body measurements while they are fully clothed. You…
I want to use it all the time for everything, including desktop.
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#114Based on the positive responses here, I think I might be the only one who doesn't fancy decorations, whether it's sci-fi or in any form in user interface design - victorian ornamentation, steampunk brass, vaporware aesthetics, etc - they're all artistic endeavors - I think it's fun to explore these and even use them to achieve a particular objective, but I wonder how much of it influences serious designers whose resp…
It really depends on the context and the use cases. The F-15 cockpit is an extreme example of a very complex interface that needs to be highly performant under intense life-or-death conditions. Most UIs that people design, including this library, are not meant for anything remotely similar to those situations. A lot of times it's mostly for consuming content.
That video of the F-15 actually features a lot of overlay UI elements that are very similar to this project's sci-fi style. Did you lament that, or wonder if that functional uselessness was influencing the designers of the airplane? Or did it make for a better viewing experience than barebones labels with no animations?
I can't speak to the SpaceX cockpit and how well it performs the job it was intended to, do you know of any testimony from people who have used it? I have to believe that they would put function over form for something like that, but that doesn't mean that form has no place either, they are definitely aiming for the lofty goal of achieving both.
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#115The feel of this interface is incredible. What's most interesting is that it evokes lots of memories from the games I played more than 20 years ago, and yet it is very distinct and doesn't copy any of them. Feels almost like something very familiar, but you can't quite grasp where you saw it. This is incredible and I'll be following this project, and probably will do something with this framework, too.
This actually shows something interesting: that there is a coherent visual language for interfaces within the sci-fi subgenre of graphic design that just kind of appeared by implicit consensus. Which I guess can be said for many visual design trends - many of us can guess both when and for what purpose a product was designed based on its graphic design.
Of interest to me is that a lot of the graphics and sounds are based on '70's and '80's tech with the constraints of the circuits and display technology that were "state of the art" then, but then "futurized". Such that advanced tech now spends computer cycles simulating analog circuits, CRTs, etc, for the purpose of nostalgia...
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
more like Homeworld / Outpost / Ascendancy / Invisible Inc / Mass effect 1 to me. But not direct ripoff any of them.
I think it's more Freelancer
Syndicate (1993). https://youtu.be/ACVZ5b8wW14?t=5954
System Shock (1994). https://youtu.be/qKchS2GeimE?t=9
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#117Thanks for sharing. This might be a good option for building a UI for a diy home automation project I'm currently tinkering with using a raspberry pi and 7 inch lcd touch display (official raspberry pi lcd). So far I've looked at Kivy and also JavaFX for the UI. But would prefer it being a web frontend. So might have look into this.
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#118Based on the positive responses here, I think I might be the only one who doesn't fancy decorations, whether it's sci-fi or in any form in user interface design - victorian ornamentation, steampunk brass, vaporware aesthetics, etc - they're all artistic endeavors - I think it's fun to explore these and even use them to achieve a particular objective, but I wonder how much of it influences serious designers whose resp…
I strongly agree. My ideal for user interfaces would be something where the user can skin everything to look like they want it. For example, imagine the web browser version of winamp... a page has text, images, links, and that's it- the browser displays it according to your skin.
Isn’t this the entire point of CSS? And perhaps Semantic HTML as well?
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#119This is blade runner. I can finally have a blade runner interface of my SF dreams. Thank you
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#120Based on the positive responses here, I think I might be the only one who doesn't fancy decorations, whether it's sci-fi or in any form in user interface design - victorian ornamentation, steampunk brass, vaporware aesthetics, etc - they're all artistic endeavors - I think it's fun to explore these and even use them to achieve a particular objective, but I wonder how much of it influences serious designers whose resp…
It really depends on the context and the use cases. The F-15 cockpit is an extreme example of a very complex interface that needs to be highly performant under intense life-or-death conditions. Most UIs that people design, including this library, are not meant for anything remotely similar to those situations. A lot of times it's mostly for consuming content. That video of the F-15 actually features a lot of overlay…
Not sure, but it is hard to deny that Elon's personal taste in building everything "sexy" has something to do with it.
I think you're delving into the details and you're making valid points, I am mostly talking about the philosophy and approach in an abstract sense.
It's fine to use this library. Otherwise, the world would be a totally unremarkable place. If you consider the central point I was trying to make, to re-emphasize is that I wonder how much of influence do things like sci-fi aesthetics makes in designing serious products [1][2] (I suspect that it is widespread).
[1] https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61cGhQ0begL...
[2] https://miro.medium.com/max/800/1*eW4danopMOoMxEr5GBRZOA.png
