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Re:Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for produc... by Semiapies on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @02:23PM (#10933202)
I'm reminded of that run of "brilliant new design for <physical machine>" linkbait posts on tech sites a few years back, touting the incomparable benefits of some colorful, curvy piece of hardware over anything out there. The original source was always some design student's portfolio, and the "brilliant" design was never more than a colorful, curvy housing that didn't exist outside a rendering.
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Re:Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for produc... by ethanbond on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @06:29PM (#10934943)
Yes, and?

Is your criticism that we shouldn't discuss things which aren't in the physical world yet, or that we can't discuss unimplemented ideas?

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Re:Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for produc... by Semiapies on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @03:19AM (#10936684)
No, my observation was that those stories (and discussions) were similar. And they are, down to the spectrum of reactions in people talking about this design piece as if it were a real product.

If you feel some need to be defensive about that, I'm sure that has a parallel in those discussions, too.

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