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Comment Re:Say what? (Score 5, Informative) 239

Multiple screens and switching.

this was the original shout out requesting reader prior art:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071011205044141

about 10 comments into the discussion someone mentions this is exactly what the amiga had.

http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20071011205044141&title=M%24+Virtual+Desktop+Manager+licensed+by+IP+Innovation%3F&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=634370#c634821

Comment Re:The New Tardis (Score 3, Informative) 379

the new tardis appears to be a labout of love for a guy who posts on livejournal

his name is douglas442 and he appears to have started work on the tardis around 18 months ago.

"The steampunk console project"

all kudos to him and it fucking shows how much hard dedicated work he has put in
tremendous job :)

http://douglas442.livejournal.com/

Comment Re:meh (Score 1) 365

of course it does, but how many apps actually bang the hardware enough to care?
user space is open and inviting, let the frameworks deal with the nitty gritty.

writing in qt or sdl or gtk or even native x11 apps doesnt touch any of that stuff.

who says that when iphone+4 comes out or the next android device comes out your apps will be compatible there?

Comment meh (Score 4, Informative) 365

iphone and android aren't really inclusive.
open source is meant to be about choice and freedom.

the nokia n900 + maemo allows multiple languages and frameworks (x11 gtk qt sdl gles and whatever else you can throw at it) to peacefully coexist together :)

don't take my word for it though, i'm biased

Comment so hes the guy to blame (Score 1) 371

so hes the guy to blame for everyone thinking computer ui work is easy.

i would actually like to have some of the uis from movies to play around with and get a feel for.

downloading his mockups from the dvd and getting to play may even bring about an advancement of further ideas and maybe even improve computing for all of us :)

maybe i'm just the eternal optimist :)

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