2009/10/27 Mo McRoberts <[email protected]> > > On 27-Oct-2009, at 18:32, Brian Butterworth wrote: > > There is no excuse for there not being a Linux UI that acts exactly like >> Aero Glass not to be out there right now. Windows 7 has been in public beta >> for an internet age. >> >> And I don't mean "superficially looks like", I mean every damn dialogue >> box looks the same. >> > > Except, y’know, the volunteers who produce the desktop environments have no > interesting in doing it, and the companies who produce Linux distributions > would be fearful of legal attack (valid or otherwise—fighting an invalid > claim is expensive). >
Good points. Linux needs some law students who want to make a name for themselves. > > More to the point, Windows—any version of it—is *far* from perfect UI-wise. > Yes it is. But almost everyone on the planet can use it, does use it, see it every day. If you are going to hook people into Linux then it needs to be as easy as driving a different car. At the moment if you switch OS you are faced with a helicopter or space-hopper. The Microsoft strategy is replicate, dominate, leverage. > > It’s not going to run all of the applications, it also won’t be able to > support some of the UI stuff Linux people are doing, so it’s the worst of > both worlds. You aim for second-best and end up last. You’re better off > _trying_ to do better, which is what they are. > If it we easy, it would have already been done. > > The thing is, most of the people building Linux UI stuff don’t care about > marketshare in the slightest. Many of them don’t know a huge amount about > UI/UX design. > On that we are agreed! > > If I were building a Linux desktop-based distribution, I’d certainly focus > on the UI, but I’d not be aiming to emulate Windows. Instead, I’d get the > best UI designer I could afford to direct the best programmer I could afford > in fixing the stupid inconsistencies and hurdles. > The "reinvent the wheel" option? > > …and then I’d run the desktop environment on OpenSolaris instead. > > M. > > -- > mo mcroberts > http://nevali.net > iChat: [email protected] Jabber/GTalk: [email protected] Twitter: @nevali > > Run Leopard or Snow Leopard? Set Quick Look free with DropLook - > http://labs.jazzio.com/DropLook/ > > > > > > > > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
