The emerging Elementary experience

“Today saw ‘Slingshot’ – a new application launcher
project headed up by the elementary team – leak in to the
wild. But just what is it and what does it form part of?

“Not just a a’theme team’

“To some the elementary project is seen as little more than a
‘team’ of themers. Having first established the project around a
GTK+ theme and icon set this isn’t an entirely unjust view to
have.

“But when looking much closer you soon see that it couldn’t be
further from the truth. With their own batch of applications
(contacts app Dexter, e-mail client Postler, Noise music player,
Marlin) either released already, currently cooking in development
or, for some, tried and abandoned the question asked is simple: why
so much work and what’s it all for?”

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