Thinking Outside the Box
Thursday, June 28, 2001 by AJCrowley | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
For a while now I've been something of a malcontent when it comes to my OS. I complained that the Windows interface was boring, the Luna interface takes up too much space, the OSX interface, though I quite like it now, I originally described as a "candy nightmare". Now that I have ObjectDesktop, I am empowered to right all the wrongs of OS visual design. So I got to thinking, though I'm pretty much restricted in the nature of the controls, what would I have done differently in designing any of these interfaces? Search my mind as I might, the only things I can come up with are that it must give me maximum workspace (you can never have enough workspace), and of course it must be pretty like a pony. For several weeks I've been twiddling my thumbs over this little dilemma, basically pondering what I may have done differently, and I must confess, I'm completely stumped. It's not that I don't have the skills as an artist to make an attractive interface, but I just can't come up with anything that satisfies me, I simply can't visualize it. My current OSX theme is going to wear thin for me in a couple of weeks, and I feel that I should try to put something together before this happens, but my mind is blank. The only skins I've really taken a liking to have been OS ports (QNX, OSX), but I can't help the feeling that it could be better. Just wanted to vent my frustrations, thanks for reading.
AJCrowley
Reply #2 Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:40 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:40 AM
I have, mind you, it was the same person who thought that web design and programming was "point and click", and couldn't understand why a company shouldn't use a web page made in publisher exclusively from MS clipart, and I therefore hold this person's opinion in extremely low regard. I just like things to be pretty, and it gives me a kick when my friends ask what OS I am running.
craeonics
Reply #3 Thursday, June 28, 2001 3:22 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, June 28, 2001 3:22 AM
I am surrounded by idiots who are happy with Uncle Bill's sorry excuse for an interface and think I am the mad man for changing that. Ofcourse, they're all electrotechnical engineers, so their lack of aesthetics doesn't surprise me.
I can think out of the box, but unfortunately my ideas are not possible yet.
I can think out of the box, but unfortunately my ideas are not possible yet.
Emily
Reply #4 Saturday, June 30, 2001 8:17 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, June 30, 2001 8:17 PM
Wouldn't it be great if people would post more screenshots to show other ways of using their computers?
craeonics
Reply #5 Monday, July 2, 2001 4:36 AM
Reply #5 Monday, July 2, 2001 4:36 AM
Well, there is this video of that man throwing around his screen. That's one way of using your machine.
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Reply #1 Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:13 AM