I have an idea!
Create a so called RTS-desktop.
The idea is basically to have a desktop similar to classic RTS maps like Starcraft or Warcraft (or Supreme Commander :P).
[Yes, I know those are all proprietary games for Windows, but I haven't completed my transition to Linux yet, and those are some of the best RTS games there are.]
Here are some of the things that could be implemented:
-Huge desktop, screen only displays a part of it and you can move around by placing the mouse at the borders.
-Zoom in zoom out (like in XGL)
-Minimap where you can click a region of the desktop directly.
-Icons on the desktop can be moved around like units in RTS-games (useless, but fun and can be used for some kind of game)(M$ icons vs FOSS icons for example ^^)
The icons could be given some properties like speed, power, life, etc.
-Possibility to select windows of the same type directly or to make groups of windows
-Possibility to give orders to individual windows or groups of windows to go to a certain point of the desktop
-Window formations
-Window with several sub-windows
-Physics engine for the windows with configurable parameters
-Multi-user desktop through the network, where the windows would have different skins depending on the person using them.
-Several users can "play" on the same Desktop over a network
-Nuclear launch to close all the windows at once ^^
-Teleportation gateways through which the windows could be teleported from one place to another
-Intelligent windows gaining experience points and placing themselves better and better on the desktop by analyzing the user's habits.
-Possibility to destroy windows with other windows
I don't know how useful these implementations can be, but as an RTS fan, I would immediately get a Desktop system like this.
Some ideas may be a little bit crazy, but the huge continuous desktop with minimap(or minidesktop) might be a great change to the classical separate desktops currently used.
And the multi-user desktop where each user has a personal skin for the windows he's currently using might have practical applications.
Another possibility would logically be an "FPS-desktop".
It could either be a simple 3D-desktop where you move around using classic FPS controls or a 3D game like Doom 3 with readable and usable PC screens.
But I am especially waiting for the hardware user-interfaces to change.
Things like the
Wiimote for the PC (
video), the
Optimus keyboard, "touch-tables" like in the movie "The Island" (unfortunately full of M$ advertising), the cool glove interface from "Minority Report", 3D displays (where XGL will become even cooler), etc...
And maybe someday a virtual reality system which is not too expensive.
P.S:
What is the best RTS on Linux?