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Modal Workspaces

Was reading http://www.nngroup.com/articles/noncommand/ (section 4.3) and thinking about http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/posts/493980 - the interface mockup and my comment at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/posts/493980?cursor=3346916#comment-3346916 .

Idea for a desktop computer system interface that adapts for what I'm doing - downloading and organizing pictures? Programming? Playing games? Idle? Reading? ???

I might be able to build each and toggle them with some kind of shortcut. This runs counter to my trend away from customization, but if I'd learn to backup my system... :P. This is also why I'm attracted to OSS (and especially OSHardware: no backups required). I LIKE things customized, optimal. Automatically even better, but HOW?


last updated may 2013