Short Hiatus
I will be on short hiatus for three weeks until I can resort some personal issues. For now, please take a look through links on the sidebar.
Have a good April!
A look at Trillian Astra: A design perspective
Trillian Astra, it’s hot buzz. Sure, it’s not getting the popularity that [wikipedia]Digsby[/wikipedia] is currently fighting through, but its older counterpart, just plain-old Trilly (I’ll call it POT, or POTP for pro) has always been the most widely known multiprotocol messaging client. What makes Trillian Astra useful is it’s combination of two important things [...]
What You Should Know About Haptic (Touch) Technology
Haptic technology (Haptic, from the word ἁφή or Haphe) is a generalized term to refer to the many different technologies available today that use touch as a means of transmitting information as input to a system. This graphic here demonstrates a simple form of that, using touch to press a button computerized onto the screen [...]
SharpEnviro, A Windows Shell Replacement Reviewed
SharpE, as I will call it, is a [wikipedia] Windows Shell Replacement[/wikipedia] that features a stylish set of skins, and very useful methods of organizing content. What this means is that, you’re not going to see the Start Menu in its familiar way after using this, and you probably won’t want to. The application [...]
CubeDesktop Reviewed
CubeDesktop is a window manager for Windows that features Compiz-like functionality mixed in with the Exposé-copycats you’ve well grown accustomed to seeing, and some addded features: a carousel function, a flip function (someone like CoverFlow), and this circular function that puts all of the desktops connected into one cylindrical object. These obviously come at a [...]
Why Ribbon Looks Promising
Microsoft’s current Office interface, the “Ribbon”, was a radical new approach to an interface, essentially removing File, Edit, View, et cetera, and replacing it with
a new method of displaying all the tools needed to get the job done, by putting them into neat little sections, that are tabbed, and put [...]
Interface Guidelines
With each interface you come across, you have a different guideline set up (if this interface wants to stay consistent) and many of the popular GUIs (Windows, OS X, and Linux interfaces) all have their own guidelines to follow through with. Here are several resources regarding interfaces on some of the more popular ones:
GNOME
Tango Icon [...]
March 2008 Theme Roundup
Here are several [good] themes up for different systems/applications up for grabs this year.
1. Windows XP Visual Style: Crystal.Systema Suite is a set of similar themes that features a Crystal Noir theme, and a darker 2.0 version with a Styler skin.
2. Vista Visual Style: NEXTlevel is an amazing Vista Aero-compatible visual style that has gotten [...]
Cairo Shell Alternative Promises to Increase Productivity
Cairo is a [wikipedia]desktop shell replacement[/wikipedia] currently being developed for Windows XP and Vista that’ll feature an entirely new graphical user interface that, at first glance, appears reminiscent to Macintosh OS X Leopard, but with many Windows influences. It features a [wikipedia]Cover Flow[/wikipedia]-like viewer of content, a new taskbar with new ways of opening [...]
Welcome to PROTOdesktop!
Welcome to PROTOdesktop. This site was made to introduce content about desktop interfaces (be it graphical or command-line, or both) and news regarding current and future software suited for the purpose of desktop presentation. I’m looking forward to bringing news and information to the site.
Let’s get started!