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I sincerely can't tell. I tried reading what is it about, and 6 years later I still don't understand what is it about. If you feel like it, please tell me if I

by m1el 6y ago

I sincerely can't tell. I tried reading what is it about, and 6 years later I still don't understand what is it about. If you feel like it, please tell me if I'm missing anything: https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/ https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/ > 1 - Technology Well, step one is explaining the brand new VM and OS built on top of it. Non-starter. Then explanation follows by claiming global IDs, allocated using a blockchain. > 2 - User experience > We want Urbit to be a single, simple interface for your whole digital life. > A picture of nokia 3110 signifying OSv1, > iPhone v1 signifying OSv2, > and a blank space, signifying the supposed new OS version 3 What? I've re-read the entire website multiple times and I'm yet to understand the problem they're trying to solve, or lessons I'm supposed to learn. Maybe it's me, maybe nobody just told me that I don't understand new technology. But this seems like an elaborate toy for nothing.

imglorp 6y ago
No, it's not you. I can't tell anything either, the doc is both too abstract (aspirational marketing) and too low level (buzzwords) at the same time. I can't tell what the entities are, what they do, and what the actual user experience is. What would help is put on the front page (1) a concrete system architecture diagram and (2) a UI screenshot. That would go a long way to answering WTF is this thing. They seem pretty active though! https://github.com/urbit https://github.com/urbit
- magnusmagnusson 6y ago
  It's an operating system and personal server designed for the cloud era. You should be able to test it with a comet, they have guides in their page. "What does OS for the Cloud mean?" It attempts to make personal server as easy to use as browsers made front end, motivated heavily by idea of owning your social graph - instead of it being owned by the big tech companies. Pretty cool thing in my opinion, I own 1 planet. I recommend "Understanding Urbit" podcast if you are even remotely interested about their ideas/motivations.

by m1el 6y ago

imglorp 6y ago

No, it's not you. I can't tell anything either, the doc is both too abstract (aspirational marketing) and too low level (buzzwords) at the same time. I can't tell what the entities are, what they do, and what the actual user experience is. What would help is put on the front page (1) a concrete system architecture diagram and (2) a UI screenshot. That would go a long way to answering WTF is this thing. They seem pretty active though! https://github.com/urbit https://github.com/urbit

magnusmagnusson 6y ago
It's an operating system and personal server designed for the cloud era. You should be able to test it with a comet, they have guides in their page. "What does OS for the Cloud mean?" It attempts to make personal server as easy to use as browsers made front end, motivated heavily by idea of owning your social graph - instead of it being owned by the big tech companies. Pretty cool thing in my opinion, I own 1 planet. I recommend "Understanding Urbit" podcast if you are even remotely interested about their ideas/motivations.