A welcome note
Well, every blog has the beginning. So here we start...
Taking the job of the CFO of one mid-sized firm (that employs 550 workers), I've noticed that current OS-es and programs really don't fit into my work process as they should. I use Windows XP on my job, but I also have Ubuntu Linux at home, and I am not fully satisfied with either of them.
Problem is just one piece of equation, resolving is another. My inspiration came from Ben Goodger, a man that is leading Firefox developer. I was a bit stunned with his blog post. I don't fully agree with Ben, actually, I only agree with the thing that there is a problem, but it made me think more about how much our software is obsolete, and how it should be. Other than that, I am surely inspired with Firefox development, which I followed almost from the beginning, but as I take approach from "blank paper", without burden of current features, I may also disagree with some current browser concepts (including those in Firefox). Talking about browsers, I won't downplay Internet Explorer 6, not because it doesn't deserve so, but because it should be more than obvious.
Some things I am proposing would probably be fairly easy to implement, as they are more like add-on to current system, but the others would require deeper architectural changes. As I am not a programmer (unless someone my knowledge of Visual Basic for Application, SQL and HTML/CSS doesn't takes for programming) I won't bother too much with this - I am taking more of managerial approach, defining what your computer should do.
You should take my first sentence literally - many things that I am writing about are more likely to apply to business use than typical home use. I mean, if your computer is just gaming computer, then OS function is just to help you start one of the installed games. And how can one make innovative interface there?
Taking the job of the CFO of one mid-sized firm (that employs 550 workers), I've noticed that current OS-es and programs really don't fit into my work process as they should. I use Windows XP on my job, but I also have Ubuntu Linux at home, and I am not fully satisfied with either of them.
Problem is just one piece of equation, resolving is another. My inspiration came from Ben Goodger, a man that is leading Firefox developer. I was a bit stunned with his blog post. I don't fully agree with Ben, actually, I only agree with the thing that there is a problem, but it made me think more about how much our software is obsolete, and how it should be. Other than that, I am surely inspired with Firefox development, which I followed almost from the beginning, but as I take approach from "blank paper", without burden of current features, I may also disagree with some current browser concepts (including those in Firefox). Talking about browsers, I won't downplay Internet Explorer 6, not because it doesn't deserve so, but because it should be more than obvious.
Some things I am proposing would probably be fairly easy to implement, as they are more like add-on to current system, but the others would require deeper architectural changes. As I am not a programmer (unless someone my knowledge of Visual Basic for Application, SQL and HTML/CSS doesn't takes for programming) I won't bother too much with this - I am taking more of managerial approach, defining what your computer should do.
You should take my first sentence literally - many things that I am writing about are more likely to apply to business use than typical home use. I mean, if your computer is just gaming computer, then OS function is just to help you start one of the installed games. And how can one make innovative interface there?
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