[orca-list] Ubuntu 12.10 and beyond, Unity 2D will no longer be maintained.

[Krishnakant Mane]

Mallory, +1
Myself and a huge amount of people like me care a shit about 3d.
And Mind you here I am talking about sighted people who would rather 
wish their work happens in the most straight forward way possible and 
given that machines might not have all the power to run the dainty 3D 
desktops, I agree with you.
I know many who even today don't think desktop cube is of any use, 
althought I am not that extreme.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

On 05/10/2012 12:48 PM, Mallory van Achterberg wrote:
> I remember being told how all movies some day will be 3D because "it's
> what the public wants" yet all I hear around me personally is headaches
> and a strong desire to find "2d glasses" (which we now have, yay... where
> I live, movies are usually from America and so have subtitles so reading
> them is imperative. You could watch a movie without the 3d glasses but
> you can't read the subtitles).
>
> So I'm going to sit back and wait to see if everyone *really* wants
> stuff to swish and fade and slide and whatever as the user interacts
> with the GUI. Showing movement or that something is gradual is a known
> UI improvement as far as letting users know where things go or where
> they came from and reduces disorientation (mostly for new users), and
> I understand the lowered CPU use (similar things are happening in
> the web world, where CSS3 transitions and animations can use the GPU
> whereas Javascript is still relying on CPU... for phones and tablets
> this makes a big difference)...
>
> But sometimes I wonder if this heavy "style" of interaction will truly
> last, or if it's like skinny jeans: a juggernaut fad. Perhaps
> specifically a fad started by Apple.
>
> Just a thought. Interfaces with fluff should ideally be as accessible
> as any other of course.
>
> -Mallory