Pretty but Impractical Tools
Commenters praise the visual appeal and cool factor of tools, demos, or projects while criticizing their lack of usefulness, clarity, usability, or substance.
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It's neat, but it seems like more style than substance.
It looks pretty but I don't find it particularily useful.
This is nice. Though the visual appearance is a bit clunky.
It might be great but it's still ugly.
Looks amazing, sadly I don't.
honestly impressive, but yeah not very useful.
Really cool but not really about available
Pretty cool, but not quite the model I want.
It's a lovely tool, but the design is very ugly!
I don't understand it, but looks nice.