5 ms·

There’s nothing revolutionary here, when are we going to see the next generation of desktop computing? There is so much potential to overhaul the desktop metap

There’s nothing revolutionary here, when are we going to see the next generation of desktop computing? There is so much potential to overhaul the desktop metaphor, rethink the finder, how we share documents and review edits in text based files, automate using modular blocks, share media with your tv and other devices, share information between multiple running apps, allow central software updates for non store apps… the list is endless. Instead it seems we’re content with the status quo and adding cosmetics. When document versions was introduced and spotlight I remember the envy running windows at the time. macOS needs a more courageous vision imho.

jemmyw 3y ago
I don't want them to be courageous. Because that inevitably means taking away working workflows, making things harder for developers or anyone who doesn't want to conform to whatever new vision it is. This is what experimental systems are for - showing a new vision and then when anyone tries to use it finding out why things are the way they are.
- pacifika 3y ago
  There are ways to have both alongside one another. - dos / windows - game mode on/off - settings - dual booting Etc.
alpaca128 3y ago
Instead of overhauling the desktop metaphor I'd prefer if they improved the current state of the system. The Stage Manager is still very rough around the edges (obvious drag-and-drop interactions don't work, windows sometimes get randomly repositioned and can even land outside the screen area, ...). The fullscreen mode feels really sluggish because it's weirdly implemented using virtual desktops and thus has a one-second delay. The file chooser for saving files is completely frozen until all connected harddrives have spun up. Why does the browser have a back/forward swipe gesture but not the Finder etc.? Though I agree completely new approaches to some things can be great, for example the Stage Manager turned out far more useful than I expected, it's like a taskbar for virtual desktops.
Gigachad 3y ago
We just saw it. The Apple Vision Pro looks like their answer to the next generation of computing.
- asadotzler 3y ago
  OP's not asking for next generation in computing; mobile was that 15 years ago and maybe VR is next, but the OP wants a rethink of DESKTOP computing, not a replacement for the thing, an improved version in the thing itself. If it's not at a desk's top, with a screen, a keyboard, and pointing device, it's not really a DESKTOP.
deleted 3y ago
[deleted]
macintosh-hd 3y ago
Apple pretty clearly thinks that chance is VisionOS, no matter how well that might turn out…

jemmyw 3y ago

I don't want them to be courageous. Because that inevitably means taking away working workflows, making things harder for developers or anyone who doesn't want to conform to whatever new vision it is. This is what experimental systems are for - showing a new vision and then when anyone tries to use it finding out why things are the way they are.

pacifika 3y ago
There are ways to have both alongside one another. - dos / windows - game mode on/off - settings - dual booting Etc.

alpaca128 3y ago

Instead of overhauling the desktop metaphor I'd prefer if they improved the current state of the system. The Stage Manager is still very rough around the edges (obvious drag-and-drop interactions don't work, windows sometimes get randomly repositioned and can even land outside the screen area, ...). The fullscreen mode feels really sluggish because it's weirdly implemented using virtual desktops and thus has a one-second delay. The file chooser for saving files is completely frozen until all connected harddrives have spun up. Why does the browser have a back/forward swipe gesture but not the Finder etc.? Though I agree completely new approaches to some things can be great, for example the Stage Manager turned out far more useful than I expected, it's like a taskbar for virtual desktops.

Gigachad 3y ago

We just saw it. The Apple Vision Pro looks like their answer to the next generation of computing.

asadotzler 3y ago
OP's not asking for next generation in computing; mobile was that 15 years ago and maybe VR is next, but the OP wants a rethink of DESKTOP computing, not a replacement for the thing, an improved version in the thing itself. If it's not at a desk's top, with a screen, a keyboard, and pointing device, it's not really a DESKTOP.

deleted 3y ago

[deleted]

macintosh-hd 3y ago

Apple pretty clearly thinks that chance is VisionOS, no matter how well that might turn out…