Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 00:57, Ed Lin wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas > wrote: > > > I don't understand why you think a single OS for multiple form factors > > counts as getting something right. The success of iOS, Mac OS X, and > > Android strongly suggests other

Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread Ed Lin
@everyone in this thread: Thanks for the great response! On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > I don't understand why you think a single OS for multiple form factors > counts as getting something right. The success of iOS, Mac OS X, and > Android strongly suggests otherwi

Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread Spike Burch
*throws rotten tomatoes* On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:37 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 18:47, GonzO wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: >> >> > Too funny, as it is your kind of use that robs the word of meaning. >> >> Don't look now,

Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 18:47, GonzO wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > > Too funny, as it is your kind of use that robs the word of meaning. > > Don't look now, but word usage and meanings change over time. they change intuitively.. ___

Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread GonzO
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Too funny, as it is your kind of use that robs the word of meaning. Don't look now, but word usage and meanings change over time. Always has, always will, and one can either try to keep up, or protest the inevitable. --G ___

Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 GonzO wrote on 08/06/11 21:59: > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Ed Lin wrote: >... >> Dock: I haven't seen an HD version but it looks like even the subtle >> hints of running apps are gone, together with auto save their desktop >> behaves more clos

Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Lin wrote on 06/06/11 22:46: >... > Windows 8: > They too struggle to come up with an interface that works both for > small touch screens and the more and more often as "legacy" labeled > desktop experience. Their solution for now doesn't strike me

Re: [Ayatana] Do we have Python libs for writing Unity lenses?

2011-06-10 Thread Florian Diesch
Am Donnerstag, den 09.06.2011, 20:33 +0200 schrieb Jo-Erlend Schinstad : I suppose the subject says it all... I'm looking for a Python library to write Unity lensens, some documentation and preferably a tutorial if it isn't obvious. Any good leads? Some explanation about the architecture:

Re: [Ayatana] Windows 8 and OS X Lion observations

2011-06-10 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 06/09/2011 08:22 PM, GonzO wrote: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: On 06/09/2011 03:02 AM, GonzO wrote: Regarding "intuitive": https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg01963.html Talk about a post that misses the point of the word. "Intuitive," WRT to design, means "