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Another GUI (Re: This thing we called GNUstep)
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Doc O'Leary |
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Another GUI (Re: This thing we called GNUstep) |
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Sun, 22 Dec 2013 12:35:53 -0600 |
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In article <mailman.9849.1387577879.10748.discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>,
Pirmin Braun <pb@intars.de> wrote:
> Am Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:53:25 -0500
> schrieb Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> :
>
> > What is more effective is to change GNUstep's look so that it appeals to a
> > wider audience
>
> do we need another GUI?
We're going to get one, but not what you're thinking. I've made this
point elsewhere, but it bears repeating: iOS should not be seen as a
revolution in mobile phones, but a revolution of the touch GUI. It did
*happen* to be on the mobile phone, but what I think was the root of the
success was that it gave a strong metaphor to touch that was not
widespread before. All other "touch" GUIs followed the same WIMP
metaphor that Apple popularized on the desktop. Treating touch as
something different was a breakthrough.
So, yes, we'll have at least one more GUI. The interface that is
everywhere, tried and tried again, but still hasn't had a breakthrough
metaphor is 3D. I can envision some equally desktop-breaking ones, but
I think they are really beyond the (current) scope of the GNUstep
project.
> And even if it would happen, will any user of a
> popular UI dump it in favour of GNUstep?
Given how the desktop market is being *destroyed* by touch interfaces,
it is quite likely a truly new UI could change the world. But, of
course, that is not what is being discussed when people rush to re-skin
a window manager.
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- Re: This thing we called GNUstep (Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but it did help things...), Dan Hitt, 2013/12/21
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- Re: This thing we call GNUstep (Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but.it did help things...), Graham Lee, 2013/12/20
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