Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux

Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by bunderbunder on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:45PM (#18007534)

I think a lot of that comes from the fact that OS X GUI developers can look to a single authoritative source for a fairly clear set of guidelines.

On the Linux/Unix side, Nextspace can (and, perhaps, should) publish their own guidelines. But, let's face it, it's going to work out like https://xkcd.com/927/

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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by peatmoss on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:04PM (#18008313)

I think it’s more than guidelines. I think it’s the APIs and tooling that provide a happy path for developers to build apps that conform.

I feel that the UI design guidelines plus the developer APIs and tools are self reinforcing.

And yeah, I think NEXTSPACE, by virtue of at least attempting to answer, with software, more comprehensively the questions associated with building a desktop environment with an OpenSTEP implementation could result in a more consistent Mac-like environment. One that’s more Mac-like than a window dressing clone.

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