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Interesting perspective, but 1984 machines would have all been incredibly tightly resource-constrained with very low resolution screens, making it difficult to
by AshleysBrain 12y ago
Interesting perspective, but 1984 machines would have all been incredibly tightly resource-constrained with very low resolution screens, making it difficult to even display two windows at once. Fair enough to question it in 1984 but times have changed!
- rwmj 12y agoExcept on tablets of course, where "single app visible at a time" is common.
- sparkie 12y agoProbably Gnome3 soon too, the way it appears to be heading.
- keithpeter 12y agoOddly enough, I use almost all windows in maximised mode on this small old laptop. That is with Gnome 3 and/or MATE. Just seems to make more sense.