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Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android

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Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android

#51

I use this on my Zenfone 8. It's...okay. The UI is pretty sub-par, but the main reason I use it is because the camera, by default, has this annoying, overly aggressive denoising filter built into it that makes everything look slightly cartoony, and there's no way to disable it with any other camera app I've tried.

open camera pretty much always delivers worse results than gcam, have you tried it?

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/p/gcam-asus-zenfo...

Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android

#52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many programmers think they can cheat their way into designing a good UI, they just think it's just enough for you to learn and use a GUI framework, and place the widgets in a "good enough" way. Just look at the monstruosity that is the GUI version of wget, it's the epitome of programmers with no UX background trying to make a GUI application.

there’s a gui for wget??

Handbrake ;)

Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android

#55
post #51

I use this on my Zenfone 8. It's...okay. The UI is pretty sub-par, but the main reason I use it is because the camera, by default, has this annoying, overly aggressive denoising filter built into it that makes everything look slightly cartoony, and there's no way to disable it with any other camera app I've tried.

open camera pretty much always delivers worse results than gcam, have you tried it? https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/p/gcam-asus-zenfo...

I haven't. I'll give it a try! Thanks!

Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android

#57

I downloaded that on my spare Android phone (I'm primarily an iOS 17 user), but never ended up using it because it just wasn't aesthetically pleasant. I also don't really take photos using my Android phone, I guess. Randomly, I wish more UI/UX designers contribute to open source.

I wonder if we can get some UX folks to volunteer a day to review and write up improvement suggestions for various popular open source projects. I personally know bad UX when I see it, but I'm no expert on making good UX ;-)

Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android

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post #50
post #15

The website is almost unreadable with so many ads. Also I think this is overkill? "The following files are used in Open Camera"

tried to visit it without ublock, I still don't see any ads at all and see no reason why there would be any, can you tell me were are the ads?

Here is a screenshot:

https://files.catbox.moe/ukxte8.png

I do have to wonder if this is a net negative. At least for me, it significantly reduces trust and respect for the website and developer, while I can't imagine the traffic produces any meaningful revenue?

Edit: Just realized it's the same ad 4 times, haha. (I think the 5th one, offscreen, was the same too.)

Re: Open Camera is a FOSS camera app for Android

#60
post #15

The website is almost unreadable with so many ads. Also I think this is overkill? "The following files are used in Open Camera"

> Your personal data will be processed and information from your device (cookies, unique identifiers, and other device data) may be stored by, accessed by and shared with 210 partners, or used specifically by this site.
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