Thread: Future of Internet Tablets
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2008-10-29 , 16:50
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There's a very good reason why we still have the same menus, check-boxes and buttons we had decades ago: They stand the test of time. Every now and then, UI-gurus declare a new age of user interfaces. 20 years later, we happily click on buttons and choose from menus.
Backwards compatibility/legacy, relatively new market / user interface using touch, and hardware prices have gone down as well.

Yet, there are also advancements in user interfaces. Metadata is much more important. Windows Vista, MacOS X, and KDE/GNOME have various improvements in the user interfaces over the years.

Yet, there is also a lot of research in different user interfaces. BeOS did things different. Microsoft even researched e.g. with Singularity. Linux programmers as well, e.g. 3dwm, 3ddesktop, and later on Compiz. Virtual desktops is something Microsoft is starting to adopt, while Linux and Windows adopt Exposee-like task switcher.

I can't see how creating 653 profiles for all brightness/volume-combinations I could ever want would increase the joy of using the device. Still, even if I did: I'd need some means of activating a certain profile while I'm working in an application. And that was the whole point: You cannot do this if applications run full screen and full screen only.
Not 653 profiles. But my ancient Nokia phone even has profiles and allows me to create more. The settings are then in a profile, its saved for e.g. meeting, travelling, and so on. Why would my NIT not have such function? There are only a few combination of settings people normally use and that number is far closer near 0 than near 653.
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