The Future of the Operating System: Revisited, Part 1

Bizarre and flaky. Couldn't read. Apparently the author is an advocate for responsive design (as though that had anything to do with operating systems). I guess thwarting the user is a kind of response.

Re: The Future of the Operating System: Revisited, Part 1

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Post by fixmycode » Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:07 PM UTC

notacoward wrote: post #4

messe wrote: post #2

What's with the bizarre horizontal scrolling?

Bizarre and flaky . Couldn't read. Apparently the author is an advocate for responsive design (as though that had anything to do with operating systems). I guess thwarting the user is a kind of response.

the mobile experience is fine, but opening an image for a closer look won't save your scrolling position when you get back

Re: The Future of the Operating System: Revisited, Part 1

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Post by gnode » Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:09 PM UTC

messe wrote: post #2

What's with the bizarre horizontal scrolling?

I actually like it. Constraining the text width improves readability, columns make more efficient use of the available space, and horizontal scrolling avoids the need for vertical pagination when using columns.

Re: The Future of the Operating System: Revisited, Part 1

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Post by gnode » Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:20 PM UTC

Although referred to as a joke, I really like the look of eDEX-UI, and I look forward to trying it out. I have a tablet running Ubuntu which I mostly use for writing and freehand drawing, and it'd be nice to use it for other things (particularly terminal based programs) without having to attach peripherals to make the UI usable.

Re: The Future of the Operating System: Revisited, Part 1

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Post by diegoperini » Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:20 PM UTC

Unpopular idea of mine (not invented by me oc): Horizontal scrolling is a great idea. The only reason it is annoying in this site is because there is no first class support for it in many touchpads and physical mouses.

Re: The Future of the Operating System: Revisited, Part 1

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet » Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:31 PM UTC

I disagree with the article's conclusion. I think the reason the desktop metaphor with files and folders has stuck around so long is because it is actually a pretty good, and neatly simple, abstraction of how things actually are.

Re: The Future of the Operating System: Revisited, Part 1

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Post by timw4mail » Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:39 PM UTC

diegoperini wrote: post #8

Unpopular idea of mine (not invented by me oc): Horizontal scrolling is a great idea. The only reason it is annoying in this site is because there is no first class support for it in many touchpads and physical mouses.

It's also much slower than my setting for normal (vertical) scroll.

I honestly wouldn't mind the horizontal scroll, if it actually felt native.