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picoGUI: An X Alternative?

Posted by michael on from the chi-power dept.

bockman writes "While started as a PDA-oriented project, the picoGUI people seem to be implementing many ideas which I think would be good also for a desktop graphics server ( high-level client/server protocol, presentation layer in the server _but_ modular, application management also modular,...). So I wonder: what would it take (apart porting tons of applications) to make it a suitable alternative to X+[your toolkit of choice]+[your window manager of choice]?"

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  1. For the SI prefix challenged by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    pico == 1e-12. So if your average GUI takes 1 GB, this one should take 1/1000 byte.

  2. Most important... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 5, Funny
    Before consulting in other areas, as someone who worked as a developer focusing on User Inferfaces, and having studied Human Factors and Usability guidlines and best practices, I can safely say that the best way to make an interface more usable and better for the end user is to give it a bright green "Start" button and a rolling hill background. That's all you need to do.