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Blog post proposes tmux-style window management as desktop OS replacement

A blogger, inspired by Scott Jenson's talk questioning desktop UX stagnation, proposes reimagining window management around tmux's model: scrollable, session-persisted, detachable, task-oriented workflows. The author, who describes themselves as not a UI/UX designer, frames the idea as a thought experiment meant to prompt wider discussion rather than a finished design.

matduggan.com · 2026-10-02

UX designer Scott Jenson urges KDE developers at Akademy 2026 to rethink desktop UI beyond WIMP

At KDE's Akademy 2026 conference, former Apple and Google UX designer Scott Jenson called on open-source developers to experiment with desktop interfaces beyond the decades-old windows, icons, menus and pointer model. Jenson, who now works with Mastodon and Home Assistant, said he left Google over cultural changes there and now tries to bring better UX practices to open-source projects despite their limited staffing.

lwn.net · 2026-09-24