Richard Fillion wrote:
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And as for the GUI stuff... Mockups suck. How a screenshot looks has
little in common with how a system FEELS. Example: OS X. It's candy
colored, etc... GNOME and KDE have both tried to copy the look in
themes. You can actually get themes that come damn near dead on when
taking screenshots. Then you _use_ the system, and you realize that
there's more to it than looks. A GNUstep system has more in common
with OS X than a OSX-themed GNOME desktop. Mockups serve to please
those that can't code.
speaking about UI, i would like to suggest the reading of this post by
Matthew Thomas about UI's and software/hardware evolution:
"When good interfaces go crufty"
<http://mpt.phrasewise.com/stories/storyReader$374>
a modern UI/OS should address *at least* every issue described in
that post.
later,
deelan.
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