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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.






  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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