On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:25:42 +0000 <kate.alh...@nokia.com> wrote: > > >________________________________________ > >From: meego-dev-boun...@meego.com [meego-dev-boun...@meego.com] on > >behalf of ext Bernd Stramm [bernd.str...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, > >December 28, 2010 10:41 PM To: Ville M. Vainio > >Cc: meego-dev@meego.com > >Subject: Re: [MeeGo-dev] What are the advantages of developing QT > >apps without libmeegotouch over MTF enabled application? > > > >On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:21:46 +0100 > >"Ville M. Vainio" <vivai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >.... > >> > >> If someone is *still* confused, do let us know and we can make it > >> more explicit in the future. > >> > > > >What seems very ironic about the situation is that there appears to > >be a new, strict separation between the UX layers for mobile and > >desktop. > > Let's say that UI paradigm renewal started from mobile devices. > Desktops are still stuck 1984 paradigm. But time changes, users are > more and more using tablets and handsets as they were using desktops. > > >And this happens at a time when the capabilities of mobile and > >desktop hardware are converging to the point that its hard to see > >any difference. > > > >That seem like a very strange situation. > > To me, it is easy to predict what happens, there will be paradigm > shift and old desktop paradigm will be history as were text based > UI's. May be that Microsoft will be last dinosaur.....
Sure, seeing that mobile devices actually have more input methods than normal desktops. Mobiles have cameras, accelerometers, touch screens and somethings keyboards. And since designers and developers are both enabled and forced into making more inventive input methods, these will fairly soon be better than just keyboard and mouse. I just don't think that touch screens operated by 2 fingers will be where this ends up. But in the meantime, that is where it will have to start. -- Bernd Stramm bernd.str...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list MeeGo-dev@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
