From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:20:47 -0700 From: Albert Skye To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <20121018072047.35fd3762@nance> In-Reply-To: <108cc49f0db0ffc6d5f6fa4c40a443ac@kw.quanstro.net> References: <201210171949.q9HJnfon003990@skeeve.com> <20121017200938.198DB12BB12E@r-36.net> <108cc49f0db0ffc6d5f6fa4c40a443ac@kw.quanstro.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] new-topic: typographical interface Topicbox-Message-UUID: bf7bfcce-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 erik quanstrom wrote: > > The question is rather: What killed the Plan 9 desktop? > > poor special effects? it's just resting! but maybe it should die yes no "modern GUI", &c. (and I'm grateful for that! :) but Plan 9 (and other software) can be much more useful by exposition within a *typographical interface* i.e., an interface informed by typographical imperative[1] (to increase signal decrease noise) in arranging streams (of text/numbers/symbols/images outputs and inputs) using established patterns of typographical technology for improving the interface/tools between process and user to make it natural/immediate/effortless [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Typographic_Style