Thread: An 'internet' tablet or a Linux computer?
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2008-10-16 , 15:41
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Originally Posted by ragnar View Post
Or to rephrase, I don't see the "OR" in the original question very relevant. Whether parts of the device/platform/software are open or closed (and to what extent) for instance is a far more important and interesting question.
Right. This (the openness of the platform) and the underlying framework. While what I hear about Nokia's plans for a future UI makes me pessimistic, the fact that the underlying frameworks are desktop technologies give me hope:

It could be that to become what Nokia believes is mass market compatible, the stock UI will be less attractive and more restricted. I'm afraid of this, it feels like they're taking away my love. - But: As long as the platform is open and core technologies are borrowed from the desktop, nobody will prevent me and others to use them the way we want to. (At least that's what I hope will still be possible.)

So: Let's have them their way with 2"-buttons wasting screen estate in the stock media player - as long as I can still install and run a stylus-optimized mplayer-GUI that has 20 menus and sub-menus and 30 tiny checkboxes in the options-dialog and cries out to be used with a stylus.