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#UI BROWSER SQUIRRELL SOFTWARE#
The problem companies are experiencing is that there's no perfect set of software with OS compatibility for technology-oriented businesses. We don't have that problem with Figma, so we don't use Affinity as part of that pipeline. It's the worst kind of task switching we have to do when we use Affinity products. We do care if we have to have a second computer or dual-boot just to open a file. If it's performant enough we don't care that it's in a browser. Web and software development is very cross-disciplinary, so we need something that developers can also use, and not have arbitrary boundaries get in the way. That is actually one of the futures I imagined, since it's the reason why we use Figma for most of our work. The argument that an electric car shouldn't be made because not enough electric cars have been made doesn't make sense to me. So instead of pretending to know what Serif's demo is, accept that there is demand for it. But I think it is the right of customers, and potential customers, to let Serif know that there's a need for it. They may not care about software developers. Serif might not care about large film or animation studios. So abso-freaking-lutely, successful commercial Linux software exists.Īgain, I get it. It shows that if it was not open source, I would have paid at least that much money for the software. Not technically commercial software, but it's software I use commercially, and I gave them my money. It fluctuates every year, but this year I donated €40 to open-source software that I use in Linux and Windows. I spend $323 USD annually on software that I run in Linux (no VM, no WINE). I know people who work in animation who would give anything to use something besides The GIMP at work because their 3D pipeline is Linux (Pixar, WDAS).Īs someone who has a graphic design degree, who is currently working on 3D assets, does web design and front-end development as part of their job, I'm in Linux for 70% of my day. I don't know what their target demo is, but I what Serif to know that there are designers who work in software development that want Affinity applications available in Linux, even moreso in web design. But I would assume that Serif is interested in more than Adobe's current customers that need design software: students, UI designers, front-end developers, film editors, 3D animators, software developers, and marginalized creatives.
#UI BROWSER SQUIRRELL MAC#
If Serif is only interested in taking current Adobe users (who are ipso facto only Windows and Mac users), then yes, making a Linux version makes no sense. The thing is, we don't know exactly what Serif's target demo is. The number of creative professionals that use (or want to use) Linux is higher than the total population. Serif makes design software, not a universal application like a web browser, so you should be taking into account only Serif's potential customers in this argument, and not the entirety of computer users. 1% of the total desktop users does not equate to 1% of Serif's target demographic.