In article <[email protected]>, Pirmin Braun <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:53:25 -0500 > schrieb Gregory Casamento <[email protected]> : > > > 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. -- iPhone apps that matter: http://appstore.subsume.com/ My personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, localhost, googlegroups.com, theremailer.net, and probably your server, too. _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
