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<p> <a href="https://social.coop/@scottjenson">Scott Jenson</a> wrote a <a href="https://social.coop/@scottjenson/115707071905814326">Mastodon message</a> that brought me to <a href="https://youtu.be/1fZTOjd_bOQ">his 43min talk</a> about the issue that we've got hardly any innvation going on on our computer desktops. I've already mentioned that in articles like <a href="https://Karl-Voit.at/2019/10/05/innovation">that one</a> where I think that hardware is the only remaining innocation factor. Or <a href="https://Karl-Voit.at/2018/08/25/deskop-metaphor">that one</a> where I would like to see the world abandonning the rest of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_metaphor">desktop metaphor</a> because of its negative impact on our user interfaes. </p> <p> Scott is well known in the field of user experience (UX) and interface design. He contributed ideas to Apple, Symbian, Google, Mastodon and Home Assistant. </p> <p> Please do watch his talk where he promotes the idea of loops, gives recommendation to KDE, explains the issues with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Recall">Microsoft Recall</a> and mentions awesome projects like <a href="https://www.inkandswitch.com">Ink &amp; Switch</a>, <a href="https://dynamicland.org">Dynamicland</a> and other resources that are worth your time. </p> <p> Once again, this talk confirms my presumption when I was doing research for <a href="https://karl-voit.at/tagstore/en/papers.shtml">my PhD</a> that the desktop UI is stuck in a local optimum where we can't escape. </p>

<p> <a href="https://social.coop/@scottjenson">Scott Jenson</a> wrote a <a href="https://social.coop/@scottjenson/115707071905814326">Mastodon message</a> that brought me to <a href="https://youtu.be/1fZTOjd_bOQ">his 43min talk</a> about the issue that we've got hardly any innvation going on on our computer desktops. I've already mentioned that in articles like <a href="https://Karl-Voit.at/2019/10/05/innovation">that one</a> where I think that hardware is the only remaining innocation factor. Or <a href="https://Karl-Voit.at/2018/08/25/deskop-metaphor">that one</a> where I would like to see the world abandonning the rest of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_metaphor">desktop metaphor</a> because of its negative impact on our user interfaes. </p> <p> Scott is well known in the field of user experience (UX) and interface design. He contributed ideas to Apple, Symbian, Google, Mastodon and Home Assistant. </p> <p> Please do watch his talk where he promotes the idea of loops, gives recommendation to KDE, explains the issues with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Recall">Microsoft Recall</a> and mentions awesome projects like <a href="https://www.inkandswitch.com">Ink &amp; Switch</a>, <a href="https://dynamicland.org">Dynamicland</a> and other resources that are worth your time. </p> <p> Once again, this talk confirms my presumption when I was doing research for <a href="https://karl-voit.at/tagstore/en/papers.shtml">my PhD</a> that the desktop UI is stuck in a local optimum where we can't escape. </p> https://karl-voit.at/2026/04/06/Are-we-stuck-with-the-same-Desktop-UX-forever-from-tag-feed-with-content