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

2011-06-11 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 06/10/2011 06:47 PM, GonzO wrote: 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. There's no point in trying to keep up with idiocy. If you use the term "intuitive" like you did, one can o

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

2011-06-11 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Lin wrote on 10/06/11 23:57: >... > 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 >

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

2011-06-11 Thread Martin Owens
On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 17:02 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > I see. Since this is ayatana@ I assumed you meant the interface > design. Ayatana has been involved with inventing some architecture too, of course it was always invented to provide for the design and not the other way about. Martin,