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