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Ubuntu thinks the HUD is the future of the menu.

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Ubuntu proposes to introduce the HUD or “the future of the menu“.

Mac OS X introduced Application switching with trackpad gestures a couple of years ago, so between that and Spotlight, I never use the Cmd-Tab or Dock and I rarely use the menu bar either in OSX (Less said about Windows here the better).

But, Mac OS X has had system wide user configurable commands for a number of versions now – so what is this really going to offer aside from removing the menu bar? Which full screen mode in OS X already removes.

I think it’s an interesting idea, but for discoverability sake what are they proposing to replace it with? Or are all Ubuntu users already 100% familiar with available commands in a static environment where new applications almost never get added?

It’s starting to remind me of the command line, and the reason widely used modern Operating Systems have GUI’s in the first place.

The iPhone is a toy. Part 1

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Being as I’m sick and tired of geeks, nerds and “business” people dissing on the iPhone. Using terms like “toy” and “plaything”.
This is the first post where I show how uninformed and lazy those commentators are.
This is WordPress on my iPhone. Almost easier to write on than using any traditional computer. Set all the tags, categories etc. How about multiple blog management. Can your “smartphone” do that?
This is a Mobile Device. Powerful. Simple. In one device.
THIS is why people across the entire Market want to use it. Not because it is made by Apple.
However for most of those “haterz” it is ONLY because it is made by Apple they “dislike” it.
And that isn’t sad. It’s pitiful.