From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HkeCT-00070t-GZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 10:42:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l46AfPXm021023; Sun, 6 May 2007 10:41:25 GMT Received: from aa011msr.fastwebnet.it (aa011msr.fastwebnet.it [85.18.95.71]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l46AfPDW021018 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 10:41:25 GMT Received: from [37.1.3.89] (37.1.3.89) by aa011msr.fastwebnet.it (7.3.105.6) (authenticated as cyclopia) id 4639FB520021E737 for gentoo-desktop-research@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 6 May 2007 12:41:25 +0200 Message-ID: <463DCE50.50003@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 12:47:12 +0000 From: "b.n." User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070305) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-desktop-research@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-desktop-research@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] thesis - support - question - ideas ... References: <200705032331.34170.neugschwentner@comteam.at> <9999810b0705040419g7b0f05cagba57cdcac9a2122b@mail.gmail.com> <463CDA6D.1080806@cesmail.net> In-Reply-To: <463CDA6D.1080806@cesmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: be682344-ecf1-48d5-9e53-cb71f1eb4edd X-Archives-Hash: 7ed6592f4dd1c46d671752dd7fc0f33b > Unfortunately, SymphonyOS died -- the founder ran out of his own money, > essentially. UIs are a *huge* business, and while I applaud and > encourage basic research and initiative, it's *very* difficult to turn > such research and initiative into cash. That's really sad. I never tried Mezzo or SymphonyOS, but AFAIK it was extremly interesting. No one has ever tried to take care of Mezzo? :( > That said, the sort of UI that I think of as the "UI of the future" > would be a full virtual reality environment with which one could do > "whole-body interaction" with a computer. How about an exercise bicycle > with a keyboard and mouse on the handlebars? A wall-sized keyboard one > could punch with boxing gloves? Drag-and-drop with objects that actually > weigh something? I hope you're kidding... :) m. -- gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org mailing list