On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Sean White <runicpala...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm inclined to disagree with your use of some of those examples. While > some of the changes made to Gnome particularly make it work better on touch > devices, those devices make up a very small portion of the devices upon > which it is being used so changes such as the enlarged icons, enlarged > title bar and enlarged menu bar don't make too much sense when considering > the market niche in which they are in. Likewise many would say that > Microsoft ditching a nice looking, usable and relatively intuitive platform > such as its classic desktop with Aero for a gaudily coloured, non-intuitive > on a normal computer workstation environment like Metro was a terrible > decision that might prove to be a worse than the Vista debacle. That's why I used these examples -- they're being carried out in spite of consumer backlash. Also, while touch input may arguably not be so important now, it is seen as the way computers will progress. Most Windows 8 laptops plan to ship with a touch screen or at least a large multitouch touchpad. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
