Comments on: Latitude is dead /2009/latitude-is-dead/ The Cocoia Blog is the website of Sebastiaan de With, a Dutch Icon and Interface designer. Sun, 10 May 2009 22:39:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.10 By: Browsersphere » Blog Archive » R.I.P. Latitude /2009/latitude-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-204184 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:03:56 +0000 /?p=563#comment-204184 […] to a post at Cocoia Blog, Latitude is dead.  Here are the […]

]]> By: Christopher Francis O'Donnell /2009/latitude-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-204102 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:07:47 +0000 /?p=563#comment-204102 t think it’s of Sebastiaan’s interest of having an ugly UI :D! </blockquote> Maybe there's no OS Mac app with a great UI, but projects like <a href="http://djangoproject.com/" rel="nofollow">Django</a> have a dedicated designer (in this case, <a href="http://wilsonminer.com/" rel="nofollow">Wilson Miner</a>, I believe) and a bunch of community coders, led by a few lead developers. The interface wouldn't need to take a hit, but I'm kind of missing the overall point of creating <em>another</em> browser when we've already got Safari and FireFox – even OmniWeb, despite its less-than-perfect interface. It'd almost make more sense to contribute to FireFox's interface than create a browser from scratch, but it's a split decision for me. I guess I couldn't really help code any Cocoa (I'm a Python guy), so my opinion isn't really that important in this discussion, but just wanted to point out the few things I mentioned.]]> @Maximilian

The problem with Open Source is that design always takes a serious hit! There is probably no OS project that has a nice UI! I don’t think it’s of Sebastiaan’s interest of having an ugly UI :D!

Maybe there’s no OS Mac app with a great UI, but projects like Django have a dedicated designer (in this case, Wilson Miner, I believe) and a bunch of community coders, led by a few lead developers. The interface wouldn’t need to take a hit, but I’m kind of missing the overall point of creating another browser when we’ve already got Safari and FireFox – even OmniWeb, despite its less-than-perfect interface. It’d almost make more sense to contribute to FireFox’s interface than create a browser from scratch, but it’s a split decision for me. I guess I couldn’t really help code any Cocoa (I’m a Python guy), so my opinion isn’t really that important in this discussion, but just wanted to point out the few things I mentioned.

]]> By: makojad /2009/latitude-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-204027 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:06:00 +0000 /?p=563#comment-204027 It was a tremendous project, pity it cannot be continued. But I guess for Cocoia it means other projects can be pushed on. Best of luck with your great job, Sebastiaan.

]]> By: Alan /2009/latitude-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-203961 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:13:25 +0000 /?p=563#comment-203961 @Maximilian,

Open source != free for all. It’s the code that is getting open sourced, not the UI. Designers just come in, draw the pictures and determine how elements interact visually. Firefox is open source, it has 100s , maybe 1000s, 99.99% of those involved have nothing to do with the UI.

Also, open source projects have a project leader(s) who determine what gets added to the code base and gets implemented.

]]> By: Maximilian Schöning /2009/latitude-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-203957 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:52:40 +0000 /?p=563#comment-203957 The problem with Open Source is that design always takes a serious hit! There is probably no OS project that has a nice UI! I don’t think it’s of Sebastiaan’s interest of having an ugly UI :D!

Cheers,
Max

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