Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 4th Apr 2009 05:36 UTC
"Firefly" is the best Joss Whedon work to date, but I always try to give the benefit of the doubt on new sci-fi shows. So tonight, as I was watching "Dollhouse" on TV with my ex-Be engineer husband, JBQ (currently at Android, along with many other ex-Be engineers), I noticed something familiar at the Dollhouse supervisor's computer screen. It seems that the Dollhouse's business runs on... BeOS. Click in for some snapshots of the scene. Update: mikesum32 tells us that they used a screenshot of BeOS full screen! In the screenshot BeShare and 'Jabber for BeOS' were open. I recognize quite a few names in their lists (some of them are OSNews readers to this day), so congrats for those who made it to... TV!
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BTW.: I always find it very amusing what kind of futuristic computer interfaces people invent/adapt/present in TV shows, while every attempt to introduce new concepts for interacting with computers in real life is per se rejected by users, geeks (especially those who attempt to speak in the name of joe and jane sixpacks) alike
http://www.ok-cancel.com/comic/3.html - seems relevant
Generally, you have to remember that those movie interfaces are designed only to be SEEN, not USE. Typically they're either of "computer does everything anyway, user just clicks next" (so what the user is for?) or of "information/garbage overload" type. And neccesarilly style over substance. I'm kinda glad we don't fall for this trap in real UIs so much...
And I disagree new interface concepts are outright rejected and have no chance of becoming popular - just look at the iPhone. It's just that there's only limited number of UI concepts which make sense, especially (though not only) given the constraints of technology. And currently prevalent GUI style simply seems to fit them rather well...