[ge-talk] glasselevator: User Interface

[Ari]

It's relatively easy to make an OS that has a few icons. ok mom here's 
your email and browser!  But I doubt this "mom" will install a new OS.
(note: my mom probably knows more SQL than most linux users so she's a 
bit atypical mom)

The real problem is making an OS that's easier to deal with lots of apps 
and lots of files and lots of tasks.

Peter Ostrander wrote:
> A rather intruiging interface design is being done at the Mezzo 
> project.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzo_(desktop_environment 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzo_%28desktop_environment>)
>  
> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/955
>  
> I like the ideas on the desktop.  It does away with the windows feel 
> that is common to a lot of guis, though it seems that be and mac have 
> been spared mostly of this problem.  Still though, this is a very easy 
> way to present way to the end user.  I don't like how this 
> concept seems to dumb down the computer.  However in many cases, I 
> praise any gui that dumbs things down as I hate doing tech support for 
> people that haven't a clue how to use a mouse.
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