Re:Mark Shuttleworth: Canonical leads Ubuntu, not 'your whims'
by radio4fan on Saturday March 09, 2013 @02:48AM
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"My gut instinct is that the HUD will work on a mobile device and as the platform matures it will become better."
I think you're right. Unity works great on a netbook, purely for consuming. Fine for a mobile device.
There used to be a Ubuntu 'netbook remix' which came with Unity (before it was the default), and it fitted there perfectly.
Canonical are hardly alone in betting the farm on mobile-like interfaces. MS are doing it with Windows 8, and some of OS X >= Lion's interface is only usable with a multitouch trackpad.
Whether they're right or not is open to discussion, but it's clearly happening.
I think you're right. Unity works great on a netbook, purely for consuming. Fine for a mobile device.
There used to be a Ubuntu 'netbook remix' which came with Unity (before it was the default), and it fitted there perfectly.
Canonical are hardly alone in betting the farm on mobile-like interfaces. MS are doing it with Windows 8, and some of OS X >= Lion's interface is only usable with a multitouch trackpad.
Whether they're right or not is open to discussion, but it's clearly happening.