It seems there’s nothing more an extremist likes to kill than someone of their own religion.

The main focus of the user desktop are projects and tasks.

Currently the focus of desktops is applications and documents. I don’t know about you but in the rest of my interactions with the world I have a set of projects I’m working on and tasks I need to perform.

User Menu

User menu located in top left hand corner

Baron @ home
    Organize/Tracker

    Personal Info/Preferences
        Personal Details
        Information Cards
    	Locations
    	Accounts

    Tasks
        Today
        This Week
        -----------
        Task Name
        -----------
        New
        Manage/Schedule

    Calendar
        Home
            Open
            Today
            This Week
        Work
            Open
            Today
            This Week
        -----------
        New
            Appointment
            Anniversary
            Reminder
            All Day Event
            -----------
            Calendar
        Manage

    Contacts
        
            Open
            Send Message
            Phone
            VOIP Phone
        -----------
        Friends
        Family
        Colleagues
        Group
        -----------
        New
            Person
            Group (could be a mailing list)
        Manage

    Projects
        Recent
        -----------
        New
            Photography
            Web Site
        Manage

    Documents
        Recent
        -----------
        New
            Empty
            Words
            Spreadsheet
            Image
        Manage

    Libraries
        Music
        Movies
        -----------
        New
            Music
            Movie
        Manage

    Connections
        iCloud
        SSH
        Current (Show connected icon)
        ------------
        Available
        ------------
        New
        Manage

    Log-off

The menu un-expanded menu shows the name of the currently logged in user and the location.

The location is determined based in the available location information provided by the OS, with a UI to select what information is used; GPS, IP database, DHCP server and network information.

For work based locations you could default to a different default email server, calendar, theme etc.

Perspectives

Next is a drop down menu à la eclipse which selects a ‘perspective’ which is a specific layout of windows which can be
saved and restored.

Command Bar

Located in top center of screen where the user can type or dictate queries for documents, URLs etc. e.g.

find all documents from Dad - Searches all documents from a specific user

find documents from Dad - Searches for documents below the currently selected folder.

find all documents from Dad on Google Docs

find all pictures containing Dad

send message to dad - uses default contact method to send data

send message to dad by email

call dad

System Menu

Located in the top right of the screen

System
Messages
Search
Configure
Update
About
------------
Restart
Power Down

They could use a swipe starting from within the bezel to switch between apps. Not just from the side of the screen but from within the actual bezel.

Swipe up and down the bezel on the opposite side to where you’re holding the tablet to change volume, zoom in and out etc.

Tap in the top right to bring up a context menu to access a message center for example.

However this time I want to go to a restaurant that’s the other side of the world.

The internet should be able to easily find me a restaurant near Sydney Opera House that’s open on a Monday at around the right time, that serves seafood (I like good seafood), that has a table free (that’s not right by the toilet), that has a good rating (at least one rating preferably.)

I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong.

I hope it’s not true.

Dieing angry seems like such a sad way to end your life.

And I would like to remember Steve Jobs for all the other beautifully designed things he brought into the world and not the hatred this quote portrays.

The world needs more people who think of producing the very best that they can do with no compromise. There are too many people involved with computer hardware and software these days whose mantra appears to be ‘Good enough’

I used to enjoy John Gruber’s blog, but now I’ve become a little jaded by it and
I’m worried about John Gruber.

I hope in his life he has something outside of

Apple Good, Google Bad.

to fall back on.

I may be remembering incorrectly but I’m sure his blog used to have some
very interesting things outside of the very narrow field he seems to have
placed himself in.

Whether it is because Apple are paying him as some have postulated matters not
to me. What I miss are the posts that made me think about something new.
Something outside of the ordinary.

They are conspicuous by their absence and I’m not sure it’s a healthy.

Now when John writes a post I know ninety nine times out of a hundred that he’ll be bashing Android or praising Apple and now my response is to yawn. It’s become predictable.

And when I say I’m worried about John I really mean that I’m worried that the
sort of post I’m interested in will not happen again.

For purely selfish reasons you understand.

1. The phone rings.
2. You look at the screen to see who’s calling
3. You want to answer so you put the phone to your ear

Call answered and no pressing of buttons needed.

They would have the patents, the expertise and could introduce new hardware along with the software to drive it as a complete package to manufacturers.

All thrown in with a bit of patent indemnification.