[HN Gopher] KiCad 6.0.0 Release Announcement
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       KiCad 6.0.0 Release Announcement
        
       Author : octorian
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2021-12-25 16:10 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.kicad.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.kicad.org)
        
       | bfrog wrote:
       | This looks fantastic, I happily began a monthly donation this
       | year as I finally feel I have the funds to do so. Awesome
       | project.
        
         | zibzab wrote:
         | Is it on librepay? I try to avoid patron.
        
       | phkahler wrote:
       | It's a really good December for Free Software this year. Krita,
       | Darktable, now Kicad. All top notch at what they do. Oh, was
       | Blender this month too?!?
        
         | TheDesolate0 wrote:
        
       | RF_Savage wrote:
       | Awesome. Been using 5.99 nightly builds for a long time. At last
       | I can upgrade to the proper 6.0.0 release build.
        
       | yummypaint wrote:
       | Can't wait to give this a try on the next project. I'm impressed
       | with KiCad every time I use it. I can see why CERN likes it so
       | much.
        
       | IshKebab wrote:
       | Kind of amazing that they're _finally_ working on usability. I
       | did some free usability testing for them years ago and they
       | buried their heads in the sand. Basically  "it's fine, how dare
       | you say that it's not intuitive". Very frustrating. I actually
       | got a few private emails from people saying they agreed with me
       | and found it frustrating too but didn't want to speak up on the
       | mailing list.
       | 
       | Anyway fortunately I found that someone else has made an
       | alternative PCB designer using the Kicad core engine (which is
       | good) but with a sane UI. Well mostly sane. There are a few rough
       | edges but it's waaaaaay easier to use than Kicad.
       | 
       | I recommend trying it: https://github.com/horizon-eda/horizon
       | 
       | I still haven't tried LibrePCB but Horizon is better than the
       | other free options: Eagle (awful), GEDA (bad), Kicad (powerful
       | but badly designed) and DesignSparkPCB (surprisingly decent).
        
         | e-_pusher wrote:
         | Unfortunately all ECAD fools are quite terrible when it comes
         | to usability, even the commercial ones (Altium, Cadence, Mentor
         | and their ilk). I expect that KiCad's design is influenced with
         | what's "standard" in the industry as far the UX of ECAD tools
         | is concerned.
        
         | bfrog wrote:
         | I can't say I've tried horizon but I might give it a shot.
         | Library management in Kicad certainly was never a joy though
         | functional
        
         | mrtweetyhack wrote:
        
       | ruslan wrote:
       | Oh my... what a New Year/Christmas present from KiCAD team! Thank
       | you all the developers!
        
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