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LCARS Themes in Development

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bling-vs-functionality dept.

mr100percent writes "I'm sure most Slashdot readers remember the computer UI from the Star Trek universe. Now, a number of developers are at work making LCARS themes, including one for Nokia tablets. There's even a Standards Board, with a flash LCARS demo." Several of us here in the office had the opportunity to test out the Nokia 770 at LinuxWorld San Francisco. The "cool factor" of a UI like this may even outweigh some of the downsides to the device since most of them were interface difficulties.

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  1. Enlightenment DR16 theme by diodegod · · Score: 2, Informative

    There exists an LCARS theme for Enlightenment DR16 at http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/lcars/

    Some freshmeat searching reveals that there's themes for GTK+ too at http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/lcars_/

    I used to use this theme years ago to show off, although the thick vertical bar at the left of the windows sort of wasted space on the 800x600 monitor.

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    The beatings will continue until morale improves.
  2. LCARS is an ugly ulgy interface by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    LCARS Sucks.

    Cardasian interface on the other hand... awesome
    dig those beeps!