intuitive user interfaces

I think the Microsoft "courier" is a great concept, and has a very intuitive interface for what it is supposed to mimic, a journal or "idea pad" but is a 21st century take on that idea, and moreover its a cloud enabled device, with a simple front end client and heavy lifting done in the cloud.

Almost all of the software i have ever written has been for technical purpose and has never had elegant interfaces, I have no artistic experience nor have i ever designed a complex interface method for users. I had an idea once about a dynamic user interface which adapts to what you are doing, yet always staying minimalistic. It has always been my experience that the non tech savvy people have a difficult time dealing with computers because they think the user interface is too complex , and its true! If i ask you to install software on either windows, Linux or mac you still have to go through an archaic process of putting things in "proper" directories and running into compatibility issues with other software and will need about fifty dependencies in Linux, Although the whole idea of an installer in windows has dumbed this down but it is still not quite what i would like it to be. I realize i'm talking about a re-thinking of what an OS and user interface is and should be, but i think its something worthwhile looking into. Google Chromium OS is very similar to what i am talking about, but i think it is still deficient in some of the biggest tasks, such as interfacing with hardware and having a dynamic user interface which changes for the task at hand without taking any input from the user, it recognized the change in work flow and adapts. Those are just some ideas, i have more, i will write them down lol