From: Kurt H Maier <khm-9@intma.in>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] new-topic: typographical interface
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:42:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121018154220.GA9201@intma.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121018072047.35fd3762@nance>
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 07:20:47AM -0700, Albert Skye wrote:
> erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> 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
>
Who Ignore 4 Simultaneous
Days Same Earth Typography.
Practicing Evil ONEness -
Upon Earth Of Quadrants.
Evil Adult Crime VS Youth.
Supports Lie Of Integration.
1 Educated Are Most Dumb.
Not 1 Human Except Dead 1.
Man Is Paired, 2 Half 4 Self.
1 of God Is Only 1/4 Of God.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-18 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-17 19:49 [9fans] off-topic: why linux lost the desktop Aharon Robbins
2012-10-17 20:05 ` Christoph Lohmann
2012-10-17 20:19 ` Rodrigo Miranda
2012-10-18 0:29 ` erik quanstrom
2012-10-18 7:31 ` arnold
2012-10-18 13:54 ` erik quanstrom
2012-10-18 14:20 ` [9fans] new-topic: typographical interface Albert Skye
2012-10-18 15:41 ` Julius Schmidt
2012-10-18 15:42 ` Kurt H Maier [this message]
2012-10-18 19:37 ` Corey Thomasson
2012-10-18 19:40 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-10-24 7:19 ` Albert Skye
2012-10-18 8:36 ` [9fans] off-topic: why linux lost the desktop tlaronde
2012-10-18 9:03 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-10-18 12:10 ` Oleksandr Iakovliev
2012-10-18 13:25 ` Nemo
2012-10-18 13:44 ` Stephen Wiley
2012-10-18 14:16 ` Pavel Klinkovsky
2012-10-18 16:50 ` Robert Raschke
2012-10-18 16:52 ` erik quanstrom
2012-10-18 17:47 ` Oleksandr Iakovliev
2012-10-17 20:22 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-10-18 14:18 ` yard-ape
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