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Originally posted by cynical View PostWhy are you apologizing? He is claiming that there is zero benefit to convergence when he doesn't even know what convergence means (same code base across multiple form factors). Android is already doing this, just not to the same extent as Canonical. Saying that his imagination is limited is an understatement in this case. Anyway dee trolls any thread that has to do with Canonical or Ubuntu; You can look at prior posts to see that pretty clearly. I'm only responding here in case other people haven't thought about what the idea could mean for future devices.
He's just trying to guilt trip you.
That's right, follow your dreams... follow your Glorious Leader and he will take you to the Promised Land of Convergence!
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Originally posted by emblemparade View PostThere is no conflict between device convergence and the cloud. On the contrary, they make a lot of sense together. If you (or an employee) loses their phone, it's easy to replace without losing any data. Just buy a new phone, insert the right credentials, and you're back where you were.
Syncing several devices may solve many problems, but buying/maintaining/upgrading a single device would always be cheaper and easier.
We're going to see more and more small-form-factor desktop computers - desktop computers the size of routers... if you don't need huge graphics hardware, then a desktop computer can fit in a very small space. They'll become cheaper, too... put together a cheap ARM dev board and a small case, and you got yourself a cheap desktop computer.
I apologize for saying that people who disagree with me have no imagination.
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Originally posted by dee. View PostHow much consistency do you think you can have between a UI designed for 4,5" screens and a UI designed for 22" screens?
I don't know you and maybe you're one of those hard core linuxeros who despise user interface design as something that you do at the very end of the developing process just to "prettify" your app. If, however, you are the opposite and believe -like I do- that UI design comes first, then Canonical's plan regarding convergence is plain obvious, and quite impressive I may say.
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Originally posted by Aleve Sicofante View PostA whole lot indeed. You can see it already in the Ubuntu Phone/Desktop. Admittedly the [implementation of the] Desktop part is still in its infancy, but the consistency is already there. The UI concepts and idioms are the same regardless of device.
You can see how well it works when people try to force two very different form factors into using the same UI paradigm. Just look at windows 8 and how badly it failed because of that very fact.
I don't know you and maybe you're one of those hard core linuxeros who despise user interface design as something that you do at the very end of the developing process just to "prettify" your app. If, however, you are the opposite and believe -like I do- that UI design comes first, then Canonical's plan regarding convergence is plain obvious, and quite impressive I may say.
And no, Canonical's plan still doesn't really make sense. Not the "use your phone as a desktop computer" part, at least. Maybe their mobile UI works really well on mobile, I don't know, I haven't tried it. As for their desktop UI, there's nothing really special about it - it's just a dock and a launcher. Some like it, some don't... it's "ok" - nothing that special, nothing that horrible.
The idea of using a phone as a desktop isn't really about UI as such, though. The practical considerations and problems are still there... and I've spent enough time in this thread outlining what those problems are so I don't think I need to reiterate them anymore.
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Phones "converges" pretty easy to other small mobile products like mp3 players and cameras. In this case the user dont need to carry all devices when the phone do everything.
Converge to a desktop computer is different. If you need additional devices it is not mobile anymore. People don't even use desktop computer anymore. Every one us tablets or laptops. The people that is interested in stationary computers is usually also interested in power. I think it is a extremely small market for a phone that converge to a desktop. The few people that need a stationary computer probably prefer a intel i7 cpu over a arm.Last edited by Akka; 17 April 2014, 06:30 PM.
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Originally posted by dee. View PostI've spent enough time in this thread outlining what those problems are so I don't think I need to reiterate them anymore.
(My opinion is you're clueless, but I wouldn't dare to waste your precious time explaining why.)
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