Ubuntu for tablets announced [LWN.net]

Ubuntu for tablets announced

Posted Feb 19, 2013 16:57 UTC (Tue) by ssam (subscriber, #46587)
In reply to: Ubuntu for tablets announced by dowdle
Parent article: Ubuntu for tablets announced

it is very hard to film a screen and make it look nice. You have worry about screen refreshes (not quite so bad on LCD), aliasing/moire, reflections etc. Its much simpler to composite in what the screen should be showing on top. (if you ever work on a film set you will learn that there are many tricks and hacks to get things looking right)

That does not necessarily mean the video is not representative of the real interface.

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Ubuntu for tablets announced

Posted Feb 19, 2013 18:13 UTC (Tue) by dowdle (subscriber, #659) [Link]

Oh, so what you are saying is that the people who produced the simulated experience just did a bad job of making it look real or they were doing exactly what they were told... which might have been... make it look twice as fast as whats currently out there. Gotcha. :)

So near the end Mr. S. tells us about the future of Ubuntu... which is taking your phone and docking it with a larger touch display... then it morphing into a television set... as well as a gaming console... and then a completely functional desktop system... implying that there is one code-base powering it all. That has, at least for now, already been shown to be false: http://www.muktware.com/5225/if-you-are-buying-ubuntu-pho...

Comparing the Ubuntu for Phones video with the Ubuntu for Tablets video it is obvious that there is quite a bit of footage shared between the two. What other promotional videos can we expect to show up in another month... and the month after that... that uses the same footage? Ubuntu for Automobiles? Ubuntu for Space Satellites? Ubuntu for microwave ovens? Show us more of that vision please!