nice UI v latent critique

Video using the ITheora player and the Theora video format.

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The "UI" refers to the rotating desktop environment in the video.


27.X.2008

Criticism to follow would be in order.

So - i don't wanna play the file again so memory might fail - the user in the vid uses several pieces of software on different desktops and virtual platforms, but how is this different from running all the software he ran on the same machine, perhaps on multiple desktops as has been possible with linux and solaris for the past umpteen years? The only difference is that 3d finding nemo school of fish and whales . But do I really need that when i'm trying to render a 3d model of a humongous data set with some software? or when i'm trying to test the performance of some java Web Publishing Platform and rule engine combination ? In other words, for computer usage that requires performance , this pretty cube is undesirable. Unless on sitting on terabytes of memory; but this is rarely the case except in very big high-risk servers. and ironically, all any important realtime server, will be addressed with a minimal sort of graphic UI on control consoles.

So who else would benefit from the pretty linux UI except those that actually do nothing with their computers but open and close web browsers and play videos ?

Ironically again, a lot of those will become stuck at some point on some linux arcanum that would frustrate the aesthetic gains.

Though linux, does have other gains to be fair.