OK, if I learned anything good from Windows, and Windows learned that good thing from others, then I am learning from others. That doesn't matter too much. Windows is no more than a hybrid of lies and commercial successes. I respect Apple, Nokia, they are really great innovative companies.
I used Mac Book air for a time, but could not find a powerful start menu, though its context sensitive main menu is quite innovative, so I could not learn anything about a start menu from MacOSX. Opponents, I mean, should be the providers to give us the way to defeat them. Thanks for your advises, it's so good, I will always going on to be a faithful supporter of GNOME. 2008/10/24 Karoliina Salminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Long Gao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From the point of my view, I always want to find some good ideas from > > Windows, which I thought was totally a mistake:). The start menu might be > a > > difference. > > I don't think you should be looking for good ideas from Windows. > Windows is not the place where the innovation happens. Windows usually > copies what Apple (MacOSX) and others have innovated first. > > So in my opinion there would be other places to look at for innovation > for desktop: > - MacOSX > - Nokia Internet tablets (N810 for example, the size constraint drives > innovation), the hildon-desktop is open source. > - Apple iPhone > > I don't think Gnome should be made to function like Windows (that > would be lame), Gnome should be innovated to be a lot better than > Windows on all areas. The bar should be really high, and not on the > level of imitating Windows. > > Best Regards, > Karoliina Salminen > http://karoliinasalminen.wordpress.com >
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