On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Sean White <runicpaladin@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.
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