> If we obey stubborn users set in their ways, user interfaces would never advance and evolve.
But neither would they catch genetic defects - the mutation rate would just go to 0. To be an advocate for evolution, at least to be one that I'll listen to, you need to point me to strong selection pressures in favour of a desirable outcome. How does this improve information management, how does it improve workflow? That sort of thing. What are you using to vet? And I'm not seeing that with unity.
Some hand waving about how it's 'largely ineffable' just isn't going to cut it. Let's be honest here: They stuck the launcher, which other OSes allow you to move anyway, on left hand side of the screen. I can get all my options on the same side of the screen just by dragging the launcher there. And yet... most people don't choose to keep their launcher on the side of the screen when given the option.
Talking that up as some big advantage is just... yeah. Not buying it. It seems to me like forcing a way of using the computer on people that they've elected not to use and that there are the capabilities that it ought to have naturally arisen as the way they'd use it if it was superior.
But neither would they catch genetic defects - the mutation rate would just go to 0. To be an advocate for evolution, at least to be one that I'll listen to, you need to point me to strong selection pressures in favour of a desirable outcome. How does this improve information management, how does it improve workflow? That sort of thing. What are you using to vet? And I'm not seeing that with unity.
Some hand waving about how it's 'largely ineffable' just isn't going to cut it. Let's be honest here: They stuck the launcher, which other OSes allow you to move anyway, on left hand side of the screen. I can get all my options on the same side of the screen just by dragging the launcher there. And yet... most people don't choose to keep their launcher on the side of the screen when given the option.
Talking that up as some big advantage is just... yeah. Not buying it. It seems to me like forcing a way of using the computer on people that they've elected not to use and that there are the capabilities that it ought to have naturally arisen as the way they'd use it if it was superior.
HUD's a nice idea, mind.