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Agreed. It's good to see him take this benevolent dictator approach and have the ambition of outdoing OSX in the user experience department. http://www.eweek.co

by div 16y ago

Agreed. It's good to see him take this benevolent dictator approach and have the ambition of outdoing OSX in the user experience department. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Shuttleworth-Make-Desktop-Linux-Better-than-Apple/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Shuttleworth-...

Zev 16y ago
... and have the ambition of outdoing OSX in the user experience department. Is it really "outdoing OSX" if the UI is being done for a market that Apple isn't and doesn't seem to have an inclination of targeting? At least, for what the UI discussed in the initial link for this topic is about.
- potatolicious 16y ago
  Sure it is - it may not be competing directly with OSX hardware-wise, but at the end of the day they are all desktop/laptop UIs.
  - Zev 16y ago
    but at the end of the day they are all desktop/laptop UIs. The physical form of an 8" netbook isn't designed for the same type of use as a 15" — or even 13" — macbook pro is. Why should the UI be?
    - litewulf 16y ago
      Perhaps I don't want to learn two interfaces, so it is sometimes better to choose consistency over some sort of pure ideal.
    - div 16y ago
      While this specific article may be focused on a UI change for the netbook, Shuttleworth's focus extends to the ubuntu UI in general. In fact, it may be wise choice to distinguish between pure desktop and netbook, time will tell.