Iamaboringperson: i want my GUI software to draw lines, accept input, and splatter text all over the screen
Ah, a practical GUI designer! I respect that. Unfortunately, we are a dying breed. Try using THIS mess of a GUI:
TDK MediacenterTiny fonts, bland colors, oddly shaped and placed buttons... essentially, every mistake in the book! If this is the future of GUI design, I will soon be critically ill. Of course, this kind of tripe gets good reviews by the eye-candy geeks.
Personally, I don't care how a GUI looks so long as all the buttons are in the right place, and everything is clearly labeled. I've never liked the soft, dark look of the OS4 preliminary screenshots. I think they're a mess and poorly organized. A good GUI makes a very good impression of the technology underneath. Pretty backdrops and shadow effects do not.