I really don't want to trash open source projects, but.
I'm trying to convert the Bitcoin foldable to Scribus, as suggested, to easily manage translations. I set up the canvas, drew a rectangle... and after of 10 minutes clicking around I was still unable to find how to change the color. I felt quite stupid. So I searched and:

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How do I change a shape's color in Scribus?
I'm a long-time Adobe Creative Suite user who's exploring Scribus as an alternative to InDesign for creating a document. As is often the case when ...
C'mon, guys!
If we want open source to win, we should drastically improve the user experience with a stronger and more effective collaboration between developers and UI/UX designers.
If you are a great open source developer, beg a good designer to join your project, please. This will probably make the difference between software that can leave its mark and evolve, becoming known and used by the general public, and a niche project used by a few tireless admirers of free software.
If you are a designer and you are devoting all your energy to pushing sales for dubious companies, please consider sharing some of your skills/time for something that can be truly useful to humanity, and beg an open source developer to accept your support.
Recognizing that we need to improve and cheerfully begging each other seems to be the solution.
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