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Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? [video]

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179 points joelkesler | 2 comments | 13 Dec 25 18:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | source
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whatever1 ◴[13 Dec 25 21:57 UTC] No.46258525[source]▶
Desktop is dead. Gamers will move to consoles and Valve-like platforms. Rest of productivity is done on a single window browser anyway. Llms will accelerate this

Coders are the only ones who still should be interested in desktop UX, but even in that segment many just need a terminal window.

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hollerith ◴[13 Dec 25 22:03 UTC] No.46258576[source]▶
>productivity is done on a single window browser anyway

When I need to get productive, sometimes I disable the browser to stop myself from wasting time on the web.

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1. whatever1 ◴[13 Dec 25 22:12 UTC] No.46258666[source]▶
And you likely open the browser that happens to be called VS Code, Figma etc
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2. hollerith ◴[13 Dec 25 22:30 UTC] No.46258831[source]▶
The point though is that my vscode window does not have an address bar I can use to visit Youtube or Pornhub at any time.

I guess the larger point is that you need a desktop to run vscode or Figma, so the desktop is not dead.