> Op Thursday 12 June 2008 09:15:10 schreef Cedric Cellier: >> -[ Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 04:13:19PM +0100, Andy Powell ]---- >> >> > > And better yet for productivity, at least for a developper : do not >> use >> > > any "workspace" that require management. :-) >> > >> > Sorry, but that just doesn't make sense at all. If I'm doing web >> > development I'll open multiple windows, a browser a couple of shells, >> if >> > I'm doing c work I'll have a couple of shells, possibly glade >> running... >> > these are all tools of the trade and compiz allows good clean >> management >> > of those windows which can be spread over however many faces on your >> > 'cube' you decide to have. >> >> Stop kidding yourself. All these things are not computing but plain >> entertainment. >> >> Ken Thompson, who once punched the first Unix in a month, is believed to >> have said that "one don't need to see the state of a file when editing >> it" (refering to full screen editors). >> >> I don't mean that no graphics is usefull, but there sure is something >> rotten in here. That is entertainment that drives UI, not usefullness >> (except in some degree what comes from Apple). >> >> Friendly, > > A little entertainment while working doesn't hurt me. Why do offices have > pictures on the wall? They aren't necessary either, but they improve the > atmosphere, and they improve the productivity. Why else would employers > put > these pictures there? > > And is OM wants to sell phones to other people than Ken Tompson and other > geeks, they will need a nice UI. I've seen a statement somewhere on the OM > site that they hoped GTA2 would be bought by our parents... These are > people > who would happily invest some electricity in the rendering of a UI. So I > think it's in everyones interest that OM is standard supplied with a nice > UI. > That would make the OM profitable and only than they will be able to make > GTA3 to GTAxx. Geeks who don't need/want the nice UI can always switch it > off. That's the beauty of Linux. Just press CTRL-AT-F1 and you're rid of > KDE/GNOME/Fluxbox... I don't think it would be any harder on the OM. > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
I agree with Andy and Peter without actually having tried compiz. Isn't a good design when something looks awesome but still retains it usefulness? One should ofc aim for both, even when the biggest market are shell-geek developers. The developers and powerusers can easily (pretty) turn off nifty graphics whereas a consumer will expect it from the beginning. And when we see regular people holding OM phones in their hands, we know we've spread the OSS philosophy, if only a little seed, it might be the spark to set a revolution in motion. That's what we all want, no? _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
