Why is Pure Blog so ugly?

Someone emailed recently to tell me that they like the idea of Pure Blog, but they thought the admin interface was "really ugly" so they can't use it. Fair enough - beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that, but I don't think that was a fair evaluation of Pure Blog's admin UI. When I built Pure Blog, I wanted it to be different from the rest of the crowd. The whole point of it was to have just enough features, and no fluff. So to me a more brutalist/utilitarian UI made sense. The likes of Grav, WordPress, Ghost, and Bludit all have similar interfaces. White and grey with blues, purples, and greens. Rounded corners etc. All very iOS-ish. All very...safe. I wanted Pure Blog to stand out from the crowd and have its own identity, and honestly, I'm thrilled with the results. Pssst. If you haven't tried Pure Blog yet, check out the demo site. But what I like may not be what you like, which is why I built Pure Blog to be very customisable from the start. You can change the fonts from…