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

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179 points joelkesler | 1 comments | 13 Dec 25 18:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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johnea ◴[13 Dec 25 23:27 UTC] No.46259250[source]▶
A) I'm not going to watch the video because it's hosted by goggle, and I'm not interested in being goggled.

B) However, even without watching the video, it must be describing corporate product UI, because in the free software world, there is a huge variety of selections for desktop (and phone) UI choices.

C) The big question I continue to come back to in HN comments: why does any technically astute person continue to run these monopolistic, and therefore beige, boring, bland, corporate UIs?

You can have free software with free choice, or you can have whatever goggle tells you...

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1. krieger_857 ◴[16 Dec 25 21:15 UTC] No.46294576[source]▶
because of perception and personal preference. To some it may be bland and boring, to others, the opposite; But many, I'd say the majority, are indifferent to some degree.

The classic computer experience hasn't changed much fundamentally and most users are content as long as their most used programs are pinned to the taskbar/dock