Just wanted to ask, what exactly is Unity's target market? Because it seems like it'd be aimed more towards the tablet/touchscreen desktop market for some reason, whether than the standard keyboard and mouse desktop market.
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What exactly is Unity's target market?
Just wanted to ask, what exactly is Unity's target market? Because it seems like it'd be aimed more towards the tablet/touchscreen desktop market for some reason, whether than the standard keyboard and mouse desktop market.
Last edited by TeamRocket1233c; January 8th, 2012 at 09:32 PM.
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I've certainly read this explanation elsewhere on the Internet.
Given that the thin scroll bars work well on phones and tablets, but are a pain with a mouse, I suspect you are correct.
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The target market is "all Ubuntu users."
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Re: What exactly is Unity's target market?
I thought while thinking about Windows 8's target market, that perhaps Unity would stink on regular desktops, but rock on tablets and touchscreen desktops, in much the same way Win8's Metro interface would.Originally Posted by bryanray
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Unity is fine on desktops too. In fact, it currently stinks on tablets; more work is needed and some design decisions need to be reversed.
Windows 8 Metro won't even let you run an application in a window - everything is full-screen. Unity easily beats Windows 8 Metro in this regard.
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Ok.
Eschew gratuitous obfuscation
Not really, if it was parts of the interface wouldn't need to be hovered over.
Unity was originally developed as a netbook interface, so it's optimised for relatively small wide screens. There is some touch support in there, but it's not the main focus.
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Coolios! What about the non-Unity version of Gnome 3 that comes standard with, say, Fedora, which from taking a look at it in the Fedora 16 review last night, looks pretty sweet, along with Ubuntu's Unity, actually.
Then of course, there's Gnome 2, which I've used before on Ubuntu 9, and comes with RHEL and its clones, full-blown Debian, and OpenIndiana.
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Coolios.
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