GUIs Get a Makeover

jcatcw writes "From Xerox PARC to Apple to Microsoft, the GUI has been evolving over the years, and the increased complexity of current systems means it will continue to change. For example, Microsoft is switching from dropdown menus to contextual ribbons. Mobile computing creates new demands for efficient presentation while the desktop GUI doesn't scale to larger screens. Dual-mode user interfaces may show up first on PDA phones but then migrate to laptops and desktops. Which of today's innovations will become tomorrow's gaffs?"

Comments

Re:Ribbons

[kfg]

I don't hate change. That's why I have a digital piano that "intelligently" moves the notes around on me. Fur Elise tends to come out a bit strange now and again, but only if you hate change.

KFG

What's the smiley for shaking head!

[wysiwia]

With GNU/Screen, you don't even need that!

My dear, what a statement! You probably also live in a single room house (maybe even in a cave) without a kitchen, cooking on the fire outside and sleeping without a bed on the bottom. Well that's perfectly fine for you if you want it that way but I can assure you that almost all others don't.

Usuful GUIs are an necessity these days as are kitchens. Why do you think hasn't the Linux desktop become a widespread reality? Why do you think is there still a large driver problem for Linux? It's because of people like you who can't understand that even applications need to provide a minimum amount of comfort so they get acceptable by a majority.

What annoys me most is not your statement but that there isn't more protests against it. Sorry I don't care for troll ratings any more but I have to say anybody who agrees with you is just an outdated model of a conservative computer masochist. You are the ones who hampers most that Linux ever gets a chance to become an accepted system on the desktop.

Sorry I'm fed up and don't like to be part of this community anymore.

O. Wyss