I didn’t watch the video (yet), but it sounds like I’m going to have the exact same reaction. The best workspaces support a bunch of different workflows “well enough” instead of supporting one workflow really well. Customizability is even better.
I don’t care if some people consider having a command accessible via direct text entry, search via text entry, search via browsing a list, navigating dropdown menus, visual shortcut, etc. all at the same time is wasteful due to all the redundancy. I still want those simultaneously all the same.
And yes, agreed on window management. I use (usually simple) automatic tiling, custom prescribed tiling with overlap (see FancyZones and the KDE equivalents), and freeform placement at the same time all the time.
Window management is only one example of something that he thinks could be improved on widescreen monitors. He has three other demos of pretty interesting ideas, but the main point of the talk was to tell developers to begin thinking outside of the box in order to really drive innovation.
I didn’t watch the video (yet), but it sounds like I’m going to have the exact same reaction. The best workspaces support a bunch of different workflows “well enough” instead of supporting one workflow really well. Customizability is even better.
I don’t care if some people consider having a command accessible via direct text entry, search via text entry, search via browsing a list, navigating dropdown menus, visual shortcut, etc. all at the same time is wasteful due to all the redundancy. I still want those simultaneously all the same.
And yes, agreed on window management. I use (usually simple) automatic tiling, custom prescribed tiling with overlap (see FancyZones and the KDE equivalents), and freeform placement at the same time all the time.
Watch the video.
Window management is only one example of something that he thinks could be improved on widescreen monitors. He has three other demos of pretty interesting ideas, but the main point of the talk was to tell developers to begin thinking outside of the box in order to really drive innovation.
Thanks. I’ll be sure to do that. I just haven’t already due to being at work.