3d desktop or bumptop "emulates real wold document behaviour"
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3d desktop or bumptop "emulates real wold document behaviour"
Hi
A 3d desktop or "BumpTop" here (need flash player to view it) I thought was interesting.
What it's meant to do is emulate a 3d space where you can pile up documents and throw them around.
I am interested to know what your views are on it: whether it's good/bad or what advantages/disadvantages you think there will be.
Something I'm wondering if there's something similar under the GPL (Enlightenment?) and if the Linux community would think of having something similar to this.
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It looks to be a good idea, but I would think that some problems would arise when things such as shortcuts were placed on the desktop. The idea of a shortcut seems to undermine what these people have in mind though, as they are looking at a computer as something to deal solely with tangible media, not something that can also display video, play audio,play games, and run programs that are not present as tangible items in the "real world" (ex. a Terminal)
Also - How would a calculator render in that example? Would it sit flat on the desk like it would in real life, or could it take up screen space after opening it, only to look the same as a document before hand? As I have said - there would be problems in application because the "desktop model" they use doesn't account for OPENING those documents, just sorting them arbitrarily.
That looks very interesting. No beta or anything out yet. Does it run in windows? or linux?
looking at the first desktop they used for comparision I'm assuming it's for Windows (a lot of things seem to be designed for Windows).
xpromisex I agree I think if it was going to work then it would have to incorporate everything else and not just think about the desktop as an actual office workspace... though I thought they would pehaps have thought of that but I'm just trying to picture the use of it for general use in my head (not going well)
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I'm not trying to shoot holes in it, but I'm saying that it probably wouldn't work as is for general use. The idea is great but certain things must be implemented before it could work at all - like a calculator and figuring out how to display a program (such as micro$oft word or abiword) when someone decides that they want to open one of those pretty little docuiconathingies. Come to think of it, how would one install programs? I'm starting to think that this is a VERY limited desktop with little to no real application value. Looks pretty though. (NOW I'm trying to shoot holes in it! :-) )
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