> I have some dream of a sort of user-interface system that exposes controls and data more directly to the user, independent of the author's stylistic choices.

> I have some dream of a sort of user-interface system that exposes controls and data more directly to the user, independent of the author's stylistic choices. It will never happen. Companies want to "brand" their UI to use it as a marketing tool. Usability and integration be damned.