Desktop Environments: The Past and The Future | Linux Today

Desktop Environments: The Past and The Future

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 10, 2008

[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak
for this link. ]

“The goal of ergonomics is to make the interaction of humans
with machines as smooth as possible, enhancing performance,
reducing error, and increasing user satisfaction through comfort
and aesthetics.

“Even the biggest fanatics of the black console box
won’t hold it against me if I say that in the
respect of interacting with the computer, the future belongs to the
GUI. And along comes the question: how will the desktop
environments of the future look like…?”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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