Check it out:
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile

Ubuntu MID edition seems to have (knowingly or otherwise) taken a few cues from the formidable Canola interface... and I like it! What's featured is a WM interface designed with handhelds in mind.

I would like to see something like this implemented as the N900 window manager (WM) interface. In other words, I would like to see something that leaves the desktop paradigm behind and thinks about the WM interface strictly from a mobile perspective. Hey, we're talking open technologies here, right?

Also, I would like to see 3D for the WM even if it's not accelerated. Quake 2 is playable on the N8x0 currently, right? By implication, the system is capable of zooming quads and rotating cuboids. Very low res window textures can be used during animations or non-focused apps to conserve memory for the compositor, but can greatly increase productivity on the small screen through a more easily accessible desktop that's virtually bigger than physical 800x480 block. A quick tap to zoom out to a grid of running apps (and launchable ones), then a click of the app you want to use (IMO) beats the heck out of barely descriptive icons hogging the left side of the screen and pull out menus with hidden options.

Perhaps a gifted developer can port ubuntu MID to the Tablets for the more adventurous among us, and to provide a demonstration to the Maemo community that there are other open interface options that are easily integrated. Any takers?


YARR!
}:^)~

Captineous Corrupticus