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Re: new and old in recents DE

 

Rather than VI commands, which were cryptic and more like shortcuts,
the HUD allows easy discoverability and flexible use of natural
language in it's search. That actually brings up a good point. The HUD
isn't for running commands, it's a search interface.

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 13:41, supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi to all. Today I have talked about the HUD to an old physicist
> Professor; he completely dislikes HUD, guesses that it is like using
> VI commands. I explained HUD is intelligent, smart, but he says since
> the 80s there has not been any important change on desktops. Well,
> apart from graphics that now is really powerful (transparency,
> blur...) he says that HUD makes no sense.
>
> What can I say to argue this opinion, that according to me is too extreme?
>
>  How does Unity make people life better?
>
> Supernova
>
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