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To my eyes seems to be the nth modern notebook UI application, witch is NOT a critics but a consideration: on classic systems, from old Smalltalk to actual Emac
by kkfx 4y ago
To my eyes seems to be the nth modern notebook UI application, witch is NOT a critics but a consideration: on classic systems, from old Smalltalk to actual Emacs the "notebook" or "document" UI was and are the norm.
Then the critic part: ALL such modern "document-centric UI" have one and ONLY ONE purpose, witch means they can't be integrated with anything else. For instance I can't link an email and an open ticket in a task in Todool, simply because that document UI lack the knowledge for such action while in Emacs/org-mode I perfectly can link an Email, a ticket, a feed post, an HN post etc NOT because someone have implemented that specific feature in an app but because there is no app but a unique ecosystem extended by "apps", no separation, no special IPCs needed.
Long story short: while potentially modern apps can do more graphically than classic ones, simply because those are almost stuck at 40/50 years ago development, they all fail because all are single application running on bare-bone crappy systems designed to be like a container ship for commercial purpose, instead of a unique ecosystem where any app is just a set of functions.
Please, all devs, think about that. FLOSS CAN restore the ancient model, NO ONE corporate want simply because it's incompatible with their business needs, so "we can win" if instead of investing resources copying BigTech stuff for doing new things we develop old tech FAR MORE ADVANCED than modern one thanks to a user-centric design.