Re: Questions

[Mitch Allmond <gte203h prism gatech edu>]

well that's easy for you to say but being that we are currently limited to
flatscreen monitors working off of basic cathode ray tube type arrangements
with limited 2d acceleration and 3d acceleration at best, the options are
narrow. For a 2d desktop that must be intuitive and easily useable by joe
smoe, we are kind of stuck to simple click on icon and text entry type
UIs.  This isn't star trek where we have holograph interfaces. Anyway, I
think the kde and gnome desktop is fine. That doesn't mean there isn't room
for improvement but don't expect future style interfaces.

Jared White wrote:

> On Monday, May 21, 2001, at 12:29 PM, Eric Lemings wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > Lastly, will the GNOME user interface "reinvent the wheel" or reuse
> > existing and proven models?
>
> Are they really "proven"? Or are they just existing? I can't help but
> feel that in most case today's user interfaces are woefully inadequate
> for getting the job done quickly and efficiently. I know you can't do
> graphics or multi-media production on a command line, but why can a lot
> of people get certain kinds of work done more quickly at a command line
> if they're used to it than in a GUI?
>
> I personally think KDE and GNOME are WAY-Y-Y too similar to Windows and
> Mac OS. Linux needs to have its own way of doing things -- not just some
> Frankenstein  mismash of everyone else's ideas. I'd really like to see a
> complete break from current X Windows paradigms -- maybe even leave X
> Windows behind altogether -- and have some completely new interface
> concepts put on the table. I won't attempt to make any suggestions here,
> but I have a few basic ideas rolling around in my head that I might
> share with y'all at some future date.
>
> I could be wrong, but I have the feeling that a lot of people think the
> prevailing GUI of today is the best it can be simply because nobody's
> come up with anything else. It isn't like there are all kinds of
> different sorts of GUIs out there and may the best man win -- there
> isn't really anything else out there, period! So what can you compare
> Windows, or MacOS, or GNOME, or KDE, or BeOS, or QNX, or whatever, with?
>
> There's gotta to be more to life than windows and icons!
>
> Jared
>
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