Le samedi 17 décembre 2011 à 09:14 +0100, Szabó Gergely a écrit : > Hello, > > I haven't used Windows8 (never intend to), but I've seen a long demo. > > They've fully retained the classic desktop experience for users who do actual > work. Metro, on the other hand, is meant for smaller touchscreens. > One can work with only one user interface at a time. Metro seems to be good > at utilizing screen space. > > The two are represented by two disctint APIs, as well, and mobile devices > will retain the Metro API only. This means that you write an application > for either the desktop or Metro, but not both. > > Gnome3, on the other hand, has completely abandoned its traditional Linux > desktop user and developer base (a certain Linus springs to the lips), aiming > to be something for mobile devices. > > Not that Gnome3 is any good at it. At least Unity realized the importance of > vertical screen real estate, and unified the panel, the title bar and the menu > bar. Whereas on Gnome3 all three eat up a lot of space. > > On the technical level, Windows8 is taking over a lot ideas from the last 40 > years of Unix, while Gnome3 seems to be abandoning the traditional Unix > values. Configuration in binary blobs for instance. > > Best regards > SZABÓ Gergely > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 06:47:51PM -0600, Brian Cameron wrote: > > > > I am curious if anybody has had any thoughts about how GNOME 3 compares > > to Windows 8. Sorry if this has been blogged about and I missed it. I > > believe Windows 8 is available in beta. I heard it is faster than > > earlier versions of Windows. > _______________________________________________ > usability mailing list > usability@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
- Windows 8 choose to mix two unrelated interfaces (metro and traditional desktop) when gnome 3 tried to adapt traditional desktop and apps. - Everything is moving on metro apps view. It looks like a commercial. In gnome, you can have a rest on an empty workspace. - Gnome 3 eats now vertical place, but : - menu in top bar doesn't leave many place on top bar for more useful things. - It's disconnected to what it acts on (the window) - new apps don't use menu. - Gnome 3.4 is likely to reduce a lot vertical place with the evolution of the window states. _______________________________________________ usability mailing list usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
