[Wylug-discuss] Gnome 3 Review

[Anne Wilson]

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On 22/03/12 08:29, Tim Schofield wrote:
> Looking around the office that I find myself in this morning, I
> can't see many jobs that can be done more efficiently by using a
> touch screen device, in fact quite the opposite. I think that in an
> office environment keyboards will be the dominant input device for
> many years to come.
> 
> However office users tend to be a conservative bunch. Just getting 
> people to move from the windows xp interface to Gnome 2 is a major 
> shift. To Gnome 3 or Unity is just a move too far, IMHO.

Just at the moment everyone is falling for the over-hype of touch
screens, but I'm not losing any sleep over it.  IMO there is a good
market for these devices, but mostly in the entertainment clients.  I
can't see them as office devices - not even replacing laptops for
salesmen, although purpose built software for specific areas like that
might work.  I notice that service engineers carry stylus-operated
devices, not a world away.

Keyboard and mouse are likely to stay around for a long time for most
office tasks, IMO.

Anne
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