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[Alex Latchford <alex yawnster com>]

I would say that if you can find someone to present on something like
this, it would make a very interesting keynote.. I can kind of see the
concept and really do want to learn more, as it affects almost all users
so it obviously has broad appeal.. Seems good to me.

Alex. 

On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 03:26 +0100, Quim Gil wrote: 
> Flexible windows and other visual effects in i.e. Beryl work on top of
> the same "desktop" metaphore. Even a cubic/3d effect is solely a way
> to visually connect the several workspaces available in GNOME or X
> systems. These projecs are innovative providing a more barroque
> visualization if the desktop but, essentially, they are nit offering a
> new paradigm or new core functionality.
> 
> Even flashy prototypes with lots of physics end up being "a surface
> with icons" (an example is the "3D desktop" video you have linked. The
> question is though if there are better ways of representing a graphic
> interface and make more efficient the use of computers for today's
> uses.
> 
> As an example, Mirco Müller and others are trying to leave behind the
> concept of "an icon representing a document" offering instead the
> document itself at a small scale, already accessible.
> 
> We are also seeing new approaches in embedded devices thanks to small
> sizes, touch screens and so on (i.e. Canola
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yALbL_3XYbM ). Experimental desktops
> with multipointers also add new concepts and functionality playing
> with 2 or more fingers on a screen.
> 
> GUADEC would be an interesting space to discuss how these collateral
> experients might affect/improve GNOME's core paradigm and
> functionality in the following years. A (good) keynote is a good way
> to raise the attention and generate debate and perhaps new ideas
> assumed in the project (like Luis Villa's "GNOME is people" after
> Kathy Sierra's passionate users in Vilanova this year).