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[Zisu Andrei <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx>]

So fun to read...

On Sunday, July 21, 2013, Josh Leverette wrote:

> Yes. I'm sorry for how intense it got, we wanted the same thing the whole
> time, but we were both confused as to what was going on.
> On Jul 20, 2013 5:57 PM, "Rasmus Eneman" <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I seem to have misunderstood the whole discussion.
> When I read it again I see what you mean and thinks
> that we both wanted the same thing all the time.
>
>
> 2013/7/21 Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Nothing. Omar asked a question about a corner case. I answered him, and
> then you started saying things that made no sense as a response to what I
> was saying. My response applied only to that one device in question.
>  On Jul 20, 2013 5:50 PM, "Rasmus Eneman" <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Of course the desktop interface will support multiple windows. No one have
> ever said otherwise?
> The desktop experience will most probably be very similar to Unity7 except
> for the improved
> indicators in Unity8.
>
> Canonical have already started that Ubuntu will be one code base,
> regardless of the device
> it's run on. Already today you can dynamically switch between mobile and
> tablet interface in
> Unity8 when the desktop interface is ready you will be able to switch with
> that too. All
> devices will of cource run appropriate interface.
>
> I can't really understand what you want to change?
>
>
> 2013/7/21 Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'm not talking about putting this on a 7" tablet. You haven't been
> listening to me.
>
> There are three form factors.
> -Desktop
> -Tablet
> -Phone
>
> We know what the tablet and phone Unity8 interfaces look like. We do not
> know what Unity8 for desktop will look like. There *will* be a version of
> it for desktop. That is not a question. The 20" tablet that is being
> discussed should run the desktop version of the interface because it is too
> large for the tablet interface to scale properly to it. The desktop
> interface is the appropriate choice regardless of whether the tablet is
> docked in to the AIO dock or the tablet is freestanding. It doesn't matter.
> It should always run the desktop interface because of how large it is. The
> desktop interface is different only by the fact that it has windows in it.
> I'm not changing anything there. It will be able to run the tablet apps. It
> will be able to run the phone apps. It will be able to run the legacy apps.
> A 7" tablet will of course run the tablet interface, not the desktop
> interface with a windowing interface.
>
> I never suggested that we change the tablet interface to use windows or be
> a desktop interface. I suggested that this special case use the desktop
> interface exclusively, instead of the tablet interface.
>  On Jul 20, 2013 5:34 PM, "Rasmus Eneman" <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> All of those things are stuff you can do on the desktop interface.
> Why wold it be so much better to do that on the Tablet interface?
>
> >-you can still maximize them to run them fullscreen, if you like
> It isn't about that. It is about that you fundamentally would like to
> change how the current interface works. You cant just add in multi
> window.
> You need a way to maximize/minimize windows, usually you do that
> using buttons on a tool bar. By adding a tool bar that is always visible
> you loose valuable screen space on a 7" tablet.
> And also you would have to teach users how the multi windows
> features work.
>
> What I'm saying is that if you want the desktop interface you should
>
>

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Zisu Andrei