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The design skills of the author are phenomenal. I'm a JS skeptic, but seeing how popular hyper.js is, maybe this project has a future.

by smnscu 9y ago

crimsonalucard 9y ago
I don't know about that. It looks like a carbon copy of OSX.
- pmontra 9y ago
  Actually the application and icons bar is at the bottom and there are menus inside each window. I'd say it's more like Windows or as I reconfigure Gnome to be (except the dark theme), starting from the Gnome Flashback coming with Ubuntu 16.04. It seems a really well executed demo. Too bad the site has very little details and the download page is offline (limits exceeded). However the last part of the Developers page is somewhat revealing: > Since eXtern as of Beta 1 does not have a terminal, you can use the Linux binary powered gnome-terminal. You can do this by typing this into the I.T.A.I assistant input area (the bottom input area that says “What would you like to do?”: gnome_terminal_exec > Then press enter.
  - gigatexal 9y ago
    No terminal means massive fail
TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
What design skills? It uses lots of frosted glass and nature graphics, but if anything that just shows an ability to follow popular trends. It reminds me of Longhorn concept videos, especially the focus on æsthetics rather than utility.
- smnscu 9y ago
  Hence why I said skills and not taste.
- coldtea 9y ago
  >What design skills? I think parent means the ability to create more than decent looking application UIs with a consistent theme for lots of different apps (file viewer, music player, dock and toolbar, editor, etc), implement them in html/css, and add interactivity and code the functionality they offer -- and graphics that niggles aside wouldn't look out of place in an actual end product by a major company. The "ability to follow popular trends" is by itself a feat, considering it's a young student, he's also programming, and most programmers UI skills are something south of [1] or [2]. Nobody cares if they don't follow 2017's trends to a T, or if they overused some transparency in the result, it's the overall skills shown that matter. [1] http://csis335.wikispaces.com/file/view/bru_main_screen.jpg/180256289/409x270/bru_main_screen.jpg http://csis335.wikispaces.com/file/view/bru_main_screen.jpg/... [2] https://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.37signals.com%2Fsvn%2Fimages%2F68-triplog-large.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsignalvnoise.com%2Fposts%2F1128-learning-from-bad-ui&docid=ACx4gdP6_QBXVM&tbnid=tm6QDpbVLPmdTM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjw7_e3mM7WAhVVF8AKHfKQBewQMwgsKAYwBg..i&w=304&h=456&bih=781&biw=1440&q=bad%20uis&ved=0ahUKEwjw7_e3mM7WAhVVF8AKHfKQBewQMwgsKAYwBg&iact=mrc&uact=8 https://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.37signa...
- StevePerkins 9y ago
  I don't really care much about this project one way or the other. Even so, it is extremely frustrating to see someone put in THIS level of effort (As a university project! From someone who is primarily a coder!)... to then be taken down by 30-seconds worth of smug quips from some nobody on a discussion board. I am reminded of when the last round of Star Trek movies started up a decade ago. How the phrase "lens flare" quickly became an Internet meme. It's not that the effect was that over-used, and it certainly isn't that ANY of the Internet film geeks commenting on it will ever accomplish 1% of J.J. Abrams' life work. It was just a way of signaling to others, "I know some basic industry jargon. So I may not be on his level, but I'm slightly above YOUR level. Look up to me." I dunno. I have approximately 1000x more respect for this guy's "frosted glass" and "2010's design language" than I do for you. Talk is cheap, he shipped.
  - foobarbecue 9y ago
    Shipped what, a plagarized ad video?
  - TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
    I mean, I don't want to be as mean about it as I come across. It's great they're creating things. The praise just seems… misdirected. I find the execution more impressive than the actual design.
minitech 9y ago
Eh… I wouldn’t call this phenomenal. https://i.imgur.com/X8g7J1D.png https://i.imgur.com/X8g7J1D.png The design extends about as far as “blur the background of everything”. Beyond that, the choices are not so good. The file explorer’s sidebar was nice, at least.

The design skills of the author are phenomenal. I'm a JS skeptic, but seeing how popular hyper.js is, maybe this project has a future.

by smnscu 9y ago

The design skills of the author are phenomenal. I'm a JS skeptic, but seeing how popular hyper.js is, maybe this project has a future.

crimsonalucard 9y ago

I don't know about that. It looks like a carbon copy of OSX.

pmontra 9y ago
Actually the application and icons bar is at the bottom and there are menus inside each window. I'd say it's more like Windows or as I reconfigure Gnome to be (except the dark theme), starting from the Gnome Flashback coming with Ubuntu 16.04. It seems a really well executed demo. Too bad the site has very little details and the download page is offline (limits exceeded). However the last part of the Developers page is somewhat revealing: > Since eXtern as of Beta 1 does not have a terminal, you can use the Linux binary powered gnome-terminal. You can do this by typing this into the I.T.A.I assistant input area (the bottom input area that says “What would you like to do?”: gnome_terminal_exec > Then press enter.
- gigatexal 9y ago
  No terminal means massive fail

TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago

What design skills? It uses lots of frosted glass and nature graphics, but if anything that just shows an ability to follow popular trends. It reminds me of Longhorn concept videos, especially the focus on æsthetics rather than utility.

smnscu 9y ago
Hence why I said skills and not taste.
coldtea 9y ago
>What design skills? I think parent means the ability to create more than decent looking application UIs with a consistent theme for lots of different apps (file viewer, music player, dock and toolbar, editor, etc), implement them in html/css, and add interactivity and code the functionality they offer -- and graphics that niggles aside wouldn't look out of place in an actual end product by a major company. The "ability to follow popular trends" is by itself a feat, considering it's a young student, he's also programming, and most programmers UI skills are something south of [1] or [2]. Nobody cares if they don't follow 2017's trends to a T, or if they overused some transparency in the result, it's the overall skills shown that matter. [1] http://csis335.wikispaces.com/file/view/bru_main_screen.jpg/180256289/409x270/bru_main_screen.jpg http://csis335.wikispaces.com/file/view/bru_main_screen.jpg/... [2] https://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.37signals.com%2Fsvn%2Fimages%2F68-triplog-large.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsignalvnoise.com%2Fposts%2F1128-learning-from-bad-ui&docid=ACx4gdP6_QBXVM&tbnid=tm6QDpbVLPmdTM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjw7_e3mM7WAhVVF8AKHfKQBewQMwgsKAYwBg..i&w=304&h=456&bih=781&biw=1440&q=bad%20uis&ved=0ahUKEwjw7_e3mM7WAhVVF8AKHfKQBewQMwgsKAYwBg&iact=mrc&uact=8 https://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.37signa...
StevePerkins 9y ago
I don't really care much about this project one way or the other. Even so, it is extremely frustrating to see someone put in THIS level of effort (As a university project! From someone who is primarily a coder!)... to then be taken down by 30-seconds worth of smug quips from some nobody on a discussion board. I am reminded of when the last round of Star Trek movies started up a decade ago. How the phrase "lens flare" quickly became an Internet meme. It's not that the effect was that over-used, and it certainly isn't that ANY of the Internet film geeks commenting on it will ever accomplish 1% of J.J. Abrams' life work. It was just a way of signaling to others, "I know some basic industry jargon. So I may not be on his level, but I'm slightly above YOUR level. Look up to me." I dunno. I have approximately 1000x more respect for this guy's "frosted glass" and "2010's design language" than I do for you. Talk is cheap, he shipped.
- foobarbecue 9y ago
  Shipped what, a plagarized ad video?
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
  I mean, I don't want to be as mean about it as I come across. It's great they're creating things. The praise just seems… misdirected. I find the execution more impressive than the actual design.

minitech 9y ago

Eh… I wouldn’t call this phenomenal. https://i.imgur.com/X8g7J1D.png https://i.imgur.com/X8g7J1D.png The design extends about as far as “blur the background of everything”. Beyond that, the choices are not so good. The file explorer’s sidebar was nice, at least.