A while back, many of us in the UI/UX world were blown away by a concept video called “10/GUI”. Predating the iPad and all other large-scale multitouch displays, interface designer Clayton Miller discussed a completely new method of integrating touchscreen on the desktop: a UI designed around gestures that kept some of...
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Yesterday Google took the wraps off its new network-only OS, “Chrome”, designed as a fast, lightweight, and super-simple way to get online. Initially targeted at netbooks and other “web-browser” laptops, Chrome is built entirely from Web technologies. In other words, there’s no proprietary...
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Today, Apple announced that they would no longer make computers. Well, not exactly. In fact, they just announced the new Air. (Which, incidentally, is pretty awesome.) But if there was any doubt as to where Apple is headed, it’s become crystal clear. Computers are meant to be appliances. But whether this will...
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We talk a lot about mobile technology here, but what’s in the cards for desktop computing? After all, a touchscreen desktop makes no sense. Who’d want to stand there all day with their hand in the air? Ouch. Something radically different has to be done to bridge the gap between “app culture”, with all...
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