[ctas]

I’m working on something similar for Linux. Would love to chat if this is interesting to you.

The idea is to bring the UX of OSX Snow Leopard back, adjusted for today’s possibilities (better developer experience, AI, etc.). I’m developing a DE, SwiftUI/AppKit-equivalent, and a bunch of reference apps I‘m personally missing in terms of quality (e.g. Raycast/Spotlight, Mail).

[probonopd]

Definitely let's talk. You'll find us on GitHub Discussions and Libera Chat.

[astrange]

> adjusted for today’s possibilities

You would want to adjust it for today's display and input technologies. A high resolution OLED display deserves a different UI design than a 6-bit low-contrast TN LCD display did.

[ctas]

I agree that displays and input changed. But if you think in fundamentals, like clarity, readability, affordances, you tend to arrive at the right answers anyway.

Those principles survived CRTs, TN panels, Retina, touch, trackpads. They’re not tied to a specific technology.

Can you give me an example of a change in todays UI that was motivated by change in display quality?

[ludamn]

Is there a link for this project? It sounds exciting!

[ctas]

Thank you. Not all parts are open-sourced yet. I published the first repo yesterday: https://github.com/cihantas/applib

Going to launch a few apps powered by AppLib in the next few weeks and then continue with the DE.

[lproven]

https://github.com/gershwin-desktop