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Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by asveikau »

winrid wrote: post #121
sigjuice wrote: post #98

Desktop GUIs that look like websites :p https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework)#...

GitHub Desktop is actually pretty awesome. What I don't get is why MongoDB Compass is so slow. It's almost like they have artificial timeouts everywhere.

I was explaining to someone how to generate an SSH key, they way I would normally do when explaining git to someone not exposed.

They instead used the GitHub app and their GitHub password. I didn't see any interaction with an SSH key.

I am not sure how I feel about that. Something seems not right about it.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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sjwright wrote: post #120

I'm endlessly impressed at how good Synology's DSM interface is. The experience is so incredibly seamless in all the important ways. And it's not just a gimmick—all of the benefits of draggable, resizable windows are there: you can drag files between folders, you can open multiple settings windows at the same time, and so on. There's a live demo: https://demo.synology.com/en-global/dsm

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Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by mpfundstein »

neilv wrote: post #76

The first time I saw a GUI desktop (Win95-like) in a Web browser, it was done by one of the prominent kernel developers. Either a proof of concept, or a hack for fun, or both. It was especially impressive, because this was when Web developers were mostly concerned with things like rounding corners of rectangles in layouts. Then some non-Web person is passing by, and says, hey, y'know, it looks like one thing you coul…

you know the tale of the 10x dev? he likely was one of them :-)

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by syx »

neuromute wrote: post #80

I started work on one of these a couple of years back. Never actually finished it (is anything ever truly finished?!). It’s got a media player with milkdrop visualiser (you can control the presets with left and right on the keyboard), a terminal (with matrix effect via the command with the same name), various settings and apps. I had a drum machine in there, but removed it because it was a bit messy code-wise. Wanna…

great work, hope to see it finished one day, I really like the transparent UI

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by syx »

devadvance wrote: post #4

Interesting collection. Between the veritable homages (AV notification included) [0] and reinterpretations for various purposes (e.g., music player [1]), it's a fun mix! It also reminded me of the Nielsen Norman article exploring flat design and comparing it to three-dimensional design [2]. While it's becoming less and less possible, it would be interesting to compare the experience across different UX patterns for f…

Thanks for posting the last article. I recently found an interesting post from Jeff Atwood about the Uncanny Valley of User Interfaces (2008)[1] where he explains how web apps that mimic desktop UI conventions is rarely a good idea.

[1] https://blog.codinghorror.com/avoiding-the-uncanny-valley-of...

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by nolok »

sjwright wrote: post #120

I'm endlessly impressed at how good Synology's DSM interface is. The experience is so incredibly seamless in all the important ways. And it's not just a gimmick—all of the benefits of draggable, resizable windows are there: you can drag files between folders, you can open multiple settings windows at the same time, and so on. There's a live demo: https://demo.synology.com/en-global/dsm

Agreed.

DSM is basically the reason to buy synology over competitors : you pay almost twice the price the hardware is worth, and in exchange you get their top notch software and support.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by icebraining »

AlexandrB wrote: post #86
devadvance wrote: post #4

Interesting collection. Between the veritable homages (AV notification included) [0] and reinterpretations for various purposes (e.g., music player [1]), it's a fun mix! It also reminded me of the Nielsen Norman article exploring flat design and comparing it to three-dimensional design [2]. While it's becoming less and less possible, it would be interesting to compare the experience across different UX patterns for f…

These are interesting resources, thank you. One sentence stuck out to me in [2]: > Early pseudo-3D GUIs and Steve-Jobs-esque skeuomorphism often produced heavy, clunky interfaces. I think that this is an aesthetic assessment, not one that speaks to usability. And while older interfaces were aesthetically clunky, newer interfaces are functionally clunky - often hiding functionality (hamburger menu) and wasting content…

I think the Hamburger was a good solution to a real problem: that mobile phones simply have less screen space (physical, if not in pixels) than desktops and laptops. The problem is that people then seem to blindly apply the solutions where they aren't needed. Too much cargo culting, not enough thought.
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