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While I think you're right in the sense of "semantic interfaces are our best hope for driving inovation", I'm not optimistic this will happen. Everything I've s

While I think you're right in the sense of "semantic interfaces are our best hope for driving inovation", I'm not optimistic this will happen. Everything I've seen in popular desktop UX has been migrating away from even the slightest semblance of that for the past 10 years. The problem is that semantics require coordination, and agreement on some semblance of a common language. Popular apps can just strong-arm others into making the clever hacks, which for them is far less effort than coordinating some sort of UI language.

Vinnl 6y ago
I'm afraid the only way this happens is if a single player controls the whole stack that requires coordination. For example, Google can automatically set a reminder in your calendar about needing to go to work because it knows when you go where through their navigation app. Getting those two to communicate/agree on a common language in that way when you do not control both apps is far harder.