ubuntu phone

[Brian Cluff]

It actually seems more usable that Unity on a desktop.  I think I'll 
stick with android for now and keep a watch on Plasma Active.  I think 
KDE and Plasma Active have the best chance of offering a similar 
interface across different devices without making you commit to a single 
interface that doesn't really work well on any of the devices.  It 
certainly hasn't worked for Windows 8, and Ubuntu with Unity seems to 
only be a little better... at least Unity is semi-usable for a desktop, 
but people seem to only be getting used to it, not truly loving it.

KDE offers a "Lego" type of interface.  It puts the pieces in one 
configuration for a Desktop giving to an experience that feels familiar 
and similar to the interface that it's been using for the last 15 years. 
  It puts it's "Legos" in a different configuration for netbooks letting 
you get the most use out of it's limited screen real estate.  It puts 
it's "Legos" in yet another configuration (Plasma Active) for tablets 
and smart phones.  Yet across all these devices it keeps a familiar 
experience.

You can use KDE's "Legos" to build pretty much any interface you want. 
All of KDE's widgets/plasmoids are very configurable bending easily to 
your will.  I even recently built a Unity like interface with it, just 
because I had been telling people it could be done for so long that I 
figured that I should probably actually do it so I could stop using the 
work "Probably" in front of that statement.

Brian

On 01/02/2013 04:15 PM, Stephen wrote:
> What i have seen of the interface it is really nice.
>
> On Jan 2, 2013 1:03 PM, "Josh Coffman" <joshcoffman at gmail.com
> <mailto:joshcoffman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     If you haven't heard, Ubuntu for phone is coming.
>
>     Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/ubuntu-for-smartphones/
>     Announcement: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone
>     Youtube:
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cpWHJDLsqTU
>     (Looks like Shuttleworth's Steve Jobs impression. Even uses the word
>     magical.)
>
>     I'm a developer and this seems like it has a lot of potential.
>     Amazon debacle aside, I still think Ubuntu is a good desktop OS.
>     Looks like it might be ready to make inroads in the mobile space.
>
>     -j
>
>
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