[ubuntu-art] Intuitive application lister and other loopy discussions (was Re: next meeting)

[Andrew Laignel]

Álvaro Medina Ballester wrote:
> If Ubuntu is going to lead GNU/Linux revolution, let's start thinking  
> some things, lets make some specifications, let's design a new gui for  
> gnome and let's help gnome's team to develop it!
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> I'm glad to know that there are a lot of people interested in this :)
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> Cheers!
>   
I'll try to reply to the rest tomorrow - gotta go to bed now.  I totally 
agree though and have been thinking about a similar idea for a few 
months now.  Basically design a mockup system of the ultimate desired 
system, complete with menus, software and detailed documentation on 
behaviour, and more importantly, reasons for this behaviour.

It seems quite a lot of developers use a closed source version as a 
reference when creating a FOSS version.  I believe that the open source 
community would benefit massively from a 'virtual distro' which could 
appeal to the creative types normally excluded from the development 
process and provide a bridge between usability and code.  It would also 
apply the 'many eyes' theory to UI design and provide an alternate place 
for developers to get ideas from.