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Re:Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for produc... by 893helios on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @01:22PM (#10932669)
Argh! What's the point of developing of fully fleshed out work piece like this that doesn't and won't exist! Well other than self-promotion and a fear of it actually totally sucking after it hits the real world of people.
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Re:Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for produc... by __jal on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @02:07PM (#10933065)
Bruce Sterling has a phrase for this: "design fiction".

Design fiction tends to be some combination of portfolio piece/job application, argument about the direction of whatever is being designed (here, desktop-ish UI/UX), wish fulfillment, conversation piece, and sometime social critique.

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Re:Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for produc... by protomyth on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @02:18PM (#10933158)
Well, since the person who did this is looking for an internship, the point is self-promotion and, I would guess, to flesh out the idea. Someone else might take the ball a bit farther and from there it might become real.
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