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All window systems suck because of premature encapsulation. The idea that software could lay out two pieces of content without any access to the semantics of t
by erikpukinskis 10y ago
All window systems suck because of premature encapsulation.
The idea that software could lay out two pieces of content without any access to the semantics of that content is flawed.
We won't improve on the Macintosh until we break the window/windower encapsulation. A window manager needs to provide an API for windows to see virtual reality around them and move through it.
- bmillare 10y agoCan you expand on this idea or provide examples and how it solves problems with the old model? What current UI system better models the concept you are talking about? Do web pages do this better?
- erikpukinskis 10y agoSure, hypertext/wikis are used for window management quite often. Also, news feeds are quite common. Wikis are good for treelike content structures, and news feeds are good for serialized content.