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'''Litl OS''' is the ]-oriented ] of the ] webbook.
==Overview==
===User interface philosophy===
The litl OS interface removes a number of conventional elements of general purpose ]. "Litl eliminates menus, icons, and folders. In fact, we've removed all computer administrative debris between you and the web"<ref>http://litl.com/easy-to-use/intuitive-interface.htm</ref>.
Litl state that a set of principles were developed to guide the design of the interface, including: "We used a simple rule: Any computer task that had the word "management" next to it had to be eliminated. File management. Gone. Windows management. Gone."<ref>http://litl.com/essays/philosophy.htm</ref>.
===User interface structure===
Litl OS's user interface utilizes graphic elements called "cards" to organize browsing sessions and content instead of the tabs and menus found on conventional ]:
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|<blockquote><div style= "font-size:87%;"><font color = #EEEEEE> — </font>The GUI is based on a series of “cards,” each card functioning like a tab in an open browser window. In the laptop configuration, these cards can appear arranged on the screen like thumbnails, or opened up one at a time in full screen; in the easel/broadcast configuration, the cards appear as a stack and can be selected or “tuned in” ...<ref name="pentagram.com">{{cite web
|url=http://pentagram.com/en/new/2009/11/new-work-litl.php
|title=New Work: Litl
|date=2009-11-05
|accessdate=2010-05-20
|publisher=]
}}</ref></div></blockquote>
|}
Flicking through cards in Easel mode (when the screen is flipped back on itself causing the webbook to be in an A-frame position) is done using a blue-colored click-wheel (called the "litl wheel") on the litl webbook or remote control<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/daily24-Startup-Litl-launches-Internet-enabled-computer.html
|title=Startup Litl launches Internet-enabled computer
|author=Jackie Noblett
|date=2009-11-4
|accessdate=2010-05-20
|publisher=MASS High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology
}}</ref>.
The card concept, easel mode and general usage of the interface are demonstrated in litl's videos<ref>http://litl.com/support/index.htm?id=372124</ref><ref>http://litl.com/support/index.htm?id=358655</ref><ref>http://blog.litl.com/2009/11/17/litl-os-card-view-and-browser-video/</ref>.
The interfaces to some web content are also customized by litl or third parties to integrate with Litl OS and are referred to as . (Litl OS's optional display method for RSS feeds is also referred to as a "litl channel"). Customizations and settings are minimal in keeping with the design goals of simplicity and ease of use.
===Designers===
User interface concepts were first mapped out by ] working closely with litl<ref name="pentagram.com"/>. ] and detailed interaction design were by in consultation with litl's internal design team<ref name="cooper.com">http://www.cooper.com/journal/2009/11/yay_for_litl.html</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://log.ometer.com/
|title=Blog entries for November, 2009
|author=Havoc Pennington, ] developer
|date=2009-11-16
|accessdate=2009-12-15
}}</ref>. also contributed to some design elements<ref name="cooper.com"/>.
===Software details===
The underlying ] is a mobile/embedded distribution of ] provided by ]. The user interface is written largely in Mozilla's ] using the binding to access ] and ] UI elements.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://blogs.gnome.org/lucasr/2009/11/04/litl-webbook-some-technical-comments/
|title=litl webbook: some technical comments
|author=Lucas Rocha, ] developer
|date=2009-11-04
|accessdate=2009-11-09
}}</ref> Litl automatically performs nightly software updates, and the OS stores ], web channels, settings, and contacts online at ] using a web service running on ] and the ]. Litl OS can synchronize information from the Internet to the webbook and between webbooks.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://cananian.livejournal.com/58744.html
|title=litl's technical secrets revealed!
|date=2009-11-04
|author=C. Scott Ananian, ] developer
|accessdate=2009-11-10
}}</ref> Open source components of the operating system's ] can be obtained on DVD from Litl.<ref name="litl legal">{{cite web
|url=http://litl.com/legal/#source
|title=litl Software End User Licensing Agreement
|date=November, 2009
|accessdate=2009-11-10
|publisher=litl.com
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
|url=https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=1189961&native_or_pdf=pdf#page=66
|title=litl Software End User Licensing Agreement
|date=2009-10-28
|publisher=United States ]
|accessdate=2009-11-09}}</ref>
Notable software engineers who code for litl OS include ]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.osnews.com/story/22671/Review_Litl_Webbook
|title=Review: Litl Webbook
|date=2008-12-30
|publisher=OS News
|author=David Adams
|accessdate=2010-05-20}}</ref>, a former chair of the ], and Lucas Rocha, who is currently a member of the ] Board of Directors<ref>http://foundation.gnome.org/about/</ref>. ] is currently litl's Director of Software Development.
==References==
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