I thought this might an interesting topic of discussion
here. I sure many of you have read the new article
out about new desktop metaphors... I'll post the URL
when I can find it again... and I'm wondering what
you think of the suggest "future desktops."
Personally, the idea of representing a file with
all its attribs (ie, where it came from, through which
transfer protocol, author, size, and a thumbnail) as
one unique entity is a simple, yet good idea... Linux
pretty much already does that with Konqueror.
I think the idea of a 3d desktop is key, and should
definately be used in the future, but I think M$
implementation of it is gross. They claim its
intuitive to new users, and increases productivity,
but I'm better it does the exact opposite (while
looking horrendous at the same time).
Any ideas? Opinions?
And how about file systems? The BeFS, with its
attributes and journalling, seems one of the best
in my opinion. I don't know the specifics of ReiserFS
or Ext3, but from what I've heard, they're quite
promising.
Personally, the idea that every file is an object
seems interesting to me. Every file is derived
from type "File" and has a select group of attributes
and methods which every file will inherit.
From there you get classes such as "Document" and
"Image" which are further broken down into "KWord"
and "Gimp XCF" I think inter-operability between
applications would grow considerable with a system
such as this.
Plus, it just looks cool to do things like:
myNewDocument.open();
thisFile.rename("thisOtherFile");
encryptedFile.decrypt("insert data key here");
What do you think?
Com'on folks, lets get a big discussion!
I wanna know what everybody thinks before I start implementing
any of these
j.weeks