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Who's doing exciting/ambitious desktop OS work? While mobile gets all the attention, we still spend a lot of time in front of our computers, and it feels like the host environment could be doing a lot more heavy lifting (particularly as a meta tool for thought) than it is.

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Oct 14, 2020

I don't know of anyone doing ambitious full-time work on PC desktop OS paradigms, but

@jasonyuandesign

's mercuryos.com is a striking recent concept. 10/GUI is another nice classic in this vein. youtube.com/watch?v=zWz1Kb

Jason Yuan

@jasonyuandesign

Oct 14, 2020

Thanks for the shoutout Andy! Also

@MakeSpaceTeam

is looking at a social collaborative OS

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Excited about y'all's work with MakeSpace! Curious: does MakeSpace's design "scope" extend to the embedded interfaces, too, or are those conceptually black-box iframes to the outer collaborative layer?

9:44 PM · Oct 14, 2020Twitter Web App

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Hello! Well, it will have to, somewhat, in order to make sure that two or more people are seeing and using the same web app at the same time in a way that feels good Certain elements will be fairly straightforward some may not

may-li khoe

@mayli

Oct 14, 2020

to be more specific: what we do with multiple input within that frame, yes making other organizations redesign their stuff especially for use within the space: unlikely anytime soon! tho it would be neat to be surprised

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