Apple changed the way we think about operating systems with the introduction of iOS a few years back. Instead of a taskbar and desktop, the touch-based iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad feature a home screen with nice big icons for launching applications and not much else. Google Android and webOS took things a bit further by adding pull-down notification windows,…

Read more »

With early builds of Windows  already in the hands of some testers, it was just a matter of time before we started to see leaked images of the new operating system. The folks at Within Windows have posted some of the first pictures of a new user interface designed for tablets, phones, and other small touch-based computers. Microsoft isn’t replacing…

Read more »

Mirabyte FrontFace is a custom user interface designed to run on top of Windows to make the operating system easier to use on touchscreen tablets. While Windows 7 includes built in support for some touchscreen gestures, FrontFace goes a few extra steps by giving you big, touch-friendly icons for launching and switching applications. FrontFace also includes some of its own…

Read more »

Just because a tablet is running Google Android doesn’t mean it has to look like it’s running Android. After all, HTC has made a habit of shipping Android Smartphones with the custom HTC Sense user interface running on top of Android. And now Sascha from Netbook News.de found a tablet prototype that runs Android with a tablet-friendly UI slapped on…

Read more »

The folks behind the popular KDE Linux desktop environment pushed out version 4.4 recently, complete with a new interface designed specifically for netbooks. Basically a desktop environment such as KDE or GNOME provides a user interface and a number of applications for Linux users. The KDE 4.4 Plasma Netbook shell is optimized for mini-laptops with small screens. It has a…

Read more »

I’ve had a bit more time to play with that Zune HD that I unboxed yesterday, and I think I’m going to have a love/mild annoyance relationship with this media player going forward. Here’s what I’ve noticed so far after using the Zune HD for about a day: Pros: The user interface is incredibly slick and the animations are attractive…

Read more »

[/caption] Some of the folks behind the KDE Linux desktop environment are putting their heads together and trying to come up with a new interface designed especially for netbooks. The goal is to have something ready to go by the time KDE 4.4 is released (The latest version of KDE is KDE 4.2.2). According to developer Aaron Seigo, here are…

Read more »