{
  "id": 9364078,
  "title": "[$] Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ideas-on-modernizing-the-open-source-desktop",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-23T15:39:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1095425/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scott Jenson has been working on user interfaces (UIs) and user experience (UX) for many years at Apple, Google, and other companies. Now, he's trying to convince open-source projects to experiment more and drive the desktop beyond the age-old \" windows, icons, menus, pointer \" (WIMP) model. At Akademy 2026 , KDE's annual developer conference, he shared his complaints and ideas in a talk aimed at…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}