Hi, in the past few years I was thinking about the evolution of OS based on GUI. Right now, we have all these windows and menus and lists. And you've probably noticed there is some uncomfortable limitation. For example, when you're working on some complex task, you can rarely feel the process flowing. You need to open different windows or different programs and go back and forth between them, spending time and mental resources. What can be a better solution to this?
What if we remove windows completely? Think about it - when you open a program, you don't actually need a separate window. What you need is functionality! So what if we remove windows and keep only the functionality. For example, you open a .doc file, but there is no separate window. You stay in the same "Desktop", but now you have an open file and functions to work with this file. And if you need some other functions, you open another program - and other functions appear on the desktop. So now you have two different programs working as one! And you don't need to arrange different programs and files on the screen. Because now you can have different programs and files working simultaneously as one.
I think that will be an incredible experience! And it will tremendously increase productivity and improve the workflow. If you're interested or have a comment, let's discuss below.
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