It’s one of the more popular culture wars in the free software community: GUI versus CLI (graphics versus the command-line). Programmers, by selection, inclination, and long experience, understandably are attracted to textual interactions with the computer, but the text interface was imposed originally by technological limitations. The GUI was introduced as a reply to those problems, but has undergone very little evolution from 1973 (when it was invented at Xerox PARC) to today. So why can’t we do better than either of these tired old systems?
Read more »Why can't free software GUIs be empowering instead of limiting?
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Making Linux application user interfaces richer with OpenGL
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One fascinating session (and one that shows how FOSSCamp works and why it's so productive) was given by Mirco Müller, who discussed using OpenGL in GTK applications.
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The Gimp Mockup
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This article presents some mockups (or models) for the possible future interface of the GIMP. They arrive following the launching of a project called “GIMP UI Redesign”.
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Prototype Interfaces For Firefox Proposed
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After decades of GUI development and inspiration from Google and other search engines, Mozilla suggests the command line is again part of the interface discussion.
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