Re: [IxDA] Re: [IxDA] Death of the Desktop
The desktop is so one-dimensional. It needs to be destroyed and renamed!
On Jun 3, 2010, at 4:58 PM, elvenmuse wrote:
> exactly, it really doesn't make any sense to use a metaphor of desktop... > in something that can be a "laptop" or a "desktop computer". This desktop > metaphor, although useful in its time is now quite dated from a Design > POV. > > > @ nixkuroi - > > > > It would be to change the metaphorical usage of "Desktop" to one that > > mattered. > > > > On Jun 1, 2010, at 9:17 PM, nixkuroi wrote: > > > > > @Richard - How does that make it more usable? I'd think it'd make it > > less > > usable because it seems the file system would confuse it with a directory > > separator when using the command line :) > > > > > > Then again... > > > > > > @Elvenmuse - why bother? Isn't the idea to completely remove the > > command > > line entirely?
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But as what? I proposed Simple UI instead of GUI, but lets be honest... it will be known mostly in design and technology "circles". What about simply "interface"... as in "the Interface of my computer", "the Interface of my phone", and so on... desktop, besides 1 dimensional is... too static.
> The desktop is so one-dimensional. It needs to be destroyed and renamed! > > On Jun 3, 2010, at 4:58 PM, elvenmuse wrote: > > > exactly, it really doesn't make any sense to use a metaphor of > desktop... > > in something that can be a "laptop" or a "desktop computer". This > desktop > > metaphor, although useful in its time is now quite dated from a Design > > POV. > > > > > @ nixkuroi - > > > > > > It would be to change the metaphorical usage of "Desktop" to one that > > > mattered. > > > > > > On Jun 1, 2010, at 9:17 PM, nixkuroi wrote: > > > > > > > @Richard - How does that make it more usable? I'd think it'd make > it > > > less > > > usable because it seems the file system would confuse it with a > directory > > > separator when using the command line :) > > > > > > > > Then again... > > > > > > > > @Elvenmuse - why bother? Isn't the idea to completely remove the > > > command > > > line entirely? > >
I actually never see my desktop while using my laptop.. It's only use is to play around with nice backgrounds. Mac has really nice tools to quickly bypass your "desktop" to launch apps. So why not call it "Gallery" or something in that regard :)
en SUI doesn't even have a bg picture... therefore the desktop (as design metaphor) is dead.
> I actually never see my desktop while using my laptop.. It's only use is > to > play around with nice backgrounds. Mac has really nice tools to quickly > bypass your "desktop" to launch apps. So why not call it "Gallery" or > something in that regard :) > >
Isn't it at least two-dimensional, by definition?
On Jun 4, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Richard Carson wrote:
> The desktop is so one-dimensional. It needs to be destroyed and renamed! > >
it is a figure of speech... but either way, I prefer the terms: 'antique', "not useful anymore", 'outdated' or "should be deprecated"
> Isn't it at least two-dimensional, by definition? > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Richard Carson wrote: > > > The desktop is so one-dimensional. It needs to be destroyed and > renamed! > > > > > >
The term desktop has history. Many terms have an etyology. For example, if you look at professions that have historically been all men, they use terms that refer to sex or reproduction, such as place the male end in the female end when speaking of wires. If you prefer different terms, then it would be an interesting discussion to see what rational you can come up with for new names!
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Maureen Dostert 919.490.8405 mdostert2002@yahoo.com
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it is a figure of speech... but either way, I prefer the terms: 'antique', "not useful anymore", 'outdated' or "should be deprecated"
> Isn't it at least two-dimensional, by definition? > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Richard Carson wrote: > > > The desktop is so one-dimensional. It needs to be destroyed and > renamed! > > > > > >
The term is simply not relevant anymore... I prefer call it simply "interface".
> The term desktop has history. Many terms have an etyology. For example, if > you look at professions that have historically been all men, they use > terms > that refer to sex or reproduction, such as place the male end in the > female > end when speaking of wires. If you prefer different terms, then it would > be > an interesting discussion to see what rational you can come up with for > new > names! > > :) > > Maureen Dostert > 919.490.8405 > mdostert2002@yahoo.com > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: elvenmuse > To: mdostert2002@yahoo.com > Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 1:11:58 PM > Subject: Re: [IxDA] Re: [IxDA] Re: [IxDA] Death of the Desktop > > it is a figure of speech... but either way, I prefer the terms: 'antique', > "not useful anymore", 'outdated' or "should be deprecated" > > > Isn't it at least two-dimensional, by definition? > > > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Richard Carson wrote: > > > > > The desktop is so one-dimensional. It needs to be destroyed and > > renamed! > > > > > > > > > > > >