LCARS Themes in Development

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 23, 2006 @08:09PM 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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Re:Can be useful by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-23 21:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Hospitals? You must mean sickbays!
LCARS is the Lotus Notes of the 24th century by QuantumG · 2006-10-23 21:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Everyone knows it blows but Starfleet mandates its continued use.

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