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I somehow wish Linus would be so pissed off at these interfaces for linux that he goes out and writes something totally awesome like he did with git.

jamesgeck0 15y ago
I dunno. Git did not leave me with the impression that Linus is really good at making user interfaces.
- windsurfer 15y ago
  % git push fatal: protocol error: expected sha/ref, got ' Yes, this is an actual "helpful" error message.
- figital 15y ago
  A javascript, DOM-based window manager would be a worthy project for someone with the skills to do so. All prefs stored in JSON or somesuch. Separate from a browser to avoid frame-busting-busting-busting. Leave (and encourage) the styling and hacka-clicka-bility the users themselves. Twill happen eventually ... I'd just like it now :(
  - pavlov 15y ago
    Isn't that HP webOS?
    - figital 15y ago
      I haven't had a device yet to try that. They're supposedly coming out with a desktop version of "webOS". Will keep an eye out for an early release. I think they'll initially have that for Windows (whatever that means). Would love to try booting into the general concept from a shell on Debian.
  - mdg 15y ago
    > A javascript, DOM-based window manager would be a worthy project for someone with the skills to do so You mean like GNOME shell? A month or two back I started glueing XCB and spidermonkey together. The thought of DOM-based window management crossed my mind but I never saw the point of it. It makes sense in HTML where elements are nested inside one another, but in X, windows are seldomly nested - unless the application was designed that way. The heirarchy would be rather flat in a window manager.
hvs 15y ago
Considering his ability to write OS kernels and RCSs, I'm guessing that his user interface design abilities are not very strong. Yes, it's a generalization, and maybe he's awesome at it, but they are very different skills.
aninteger 15y ago
Well there is Awesome. Dwm is also quite nice
- rufibarbatus 15y ago
  Awesome has been working very nicely for me [1], but I wouldn't use it as an example of a {usable, intuitive, user friendly, magical} user interface. If a friend of mine shows the slightest interest for Linux and I want to show them just how easy it is, I tend to use KDE or GNOME for the showcase. [1] Well maybe it comes a bit too pre-customised, which (to me) is worse than not customised and without sensible defaults. Then again, I may the one to blame here, for using a package rather than building from scratch.
masklinn 15y ago
Yes, considering the git UI I'm sure a window manager following the same principles would be... fantastic.

jamesgeck0 15y ago

I dunno. Git did not leave me with the impression that Linus is really good at making user interfaces.

windsurfer 15y ago
% git push fatal: protocol error: expected sha/ref, got ' Yes, this is an actual "helpful" error message.
figital 15y ago
A javascript, DOM-based window manager would be a worthy project for someone with the skills to do so. All prefs stored in JSON or somesuch. Separate from a browser to avoid frame-busting-busting-busting. Leave (and encourage) the styling and hacka-clicka-bility the users themselves. Twill happen eventually ... I'd just like it now :(
- pavlov 15y ago
  Isn't that HP webOS?
  - figital 15y ago
    I haven't had a device yet to try that. They're supposedly coming out with a desktop version of "webOS". Will keep an eye out for an early release. I think they'll initially have that for Windows (whatever that means). Would love to try booting into the general concept from a shell on Debian.
- mdg 15y ago
  > A javascript, DOM-based window manager would be a worthy project for someone with the skills to do so You mean like GNOME shell? A month or two back I started glueing XCB and spidermonkey together. The thought of DOM-based window management crossed my mind but I never saw the point of it. It makes sense in HTML where elements are nested inside one another, but in X, windows are seldomly nested - unless the application was designed that way. The heirarchy would be rather flat in a window manager.

hvs 15y ago

Considering his ability to write OS kernels and RCSs, I'm guessing that his user interface design abilities are not very strong. Yes, it's a generalization, and maybe he's awesome at it, but they are very different skills.

aninteger 15y ago

Well there is Awesome. Dwm is also quite nice

rufibarbatus 15y ago
Awesome has been working very nicely for me [1], but I wouldn't use it as an example of a {usable, intuitive, user friendly, magical} user interface. If a friend of mine shows the slightest interest for Linux and I want to show them just how easy it is, I tend to use KDE or GNOME for the showcase. [1] Well maybe it comes a bit too pre-customised, which (to me) is worse than not customised and without sensible defaults. Then again, I may the one to blame here, for using a package rather than building from scratch.

masklinn 15y ago

Yes, considering the git UI I'm sure a window manager following the same principles would be... fantastic.