Desktop GUI concept
Chris F.A. Johnson
chris-E7bvbYbpR6jSUeElwK9/Pw at public.gmane.org
Wed Mar 21 17:46:26 UTC 2012
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Howard Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:15:48 -0400
> Thomas Milne <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> http://www.punchgraphicdesign.com/blog/2009/10/19/future-of-the-desktop-interface.html
>
> I am still running FVWM2 here. Do current desktops really and truly not work?
I have no trouble with my desktop (Windowmaker); I have none of
the problems described in that video.
Multitouch technology? That's what I have been using since 1963;
it's called a keyboard.
> I can give you a good example here of a similar solution. I took
> typing in school, a disturbing number of years ago. I am fully
> trained on the QWERTY keyboard.
I don't touch type, but I type fast enough to have worked as a
typesetter in various places over the years.
> The Dvorak keyboard is probably better, but I have better things
> to do with my time than learn how to type again.
Studies do not show that the Dvorak layout gives any significant
advantage.
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