3D on the web is a niche market at best. So are all '3d desktop' metaphors. It doesn't simplify the user experience one bit, quite to the contrary. As long as computer screens are flat surfaces, 3D desktop interfaces and 3d websites will never have the ease of use, flexibility and editability of a traditional 2D window metaphor. 3D is not the solution to desktop clutter, good interface design is. Sure, doing 3D-ish stuff in Flash is cool, but it has almost no real-world use. There are some 3D kitchen and bathroom designers out there, but that's about it. This whole 'virtual 3D environment' idea as a website interface is very, very dated. The 'feel' of being in a 3D richly textured space can be emulated by using 2.5D with parallax scrolling and clever use of (edited) photographs, which is generally cheaper and faster than building a 3D world. Most of the time, it's also easier to use, because it's flatter, as is your screen.
On 1/25/06, Andreas Rønning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I couldn't give less of a crap about putting 3d on the web, and i'm > pretty sure the average consumer agrees with me. Content rules. > I seem to recall Shockwave 3d not ever really taking off, and if 3d is > the only thing sparkle has over Flash it ain't gonna do much good as a > competitor. > > - Andreas > > David Skoglund wrote: > >>so why does someone post it to this list ? > > > > Since it's going to be a direct competitor/alternative to Flash, and > since > > it's pushed by Microsoft. Wether you like it or not you'll need to keep > your > > eyes on what happening over there. > > Personally I think it's great to finally see a promising new standard > for > > creating web 3d. Hopefully Adobe can create a competitive 3d-solution to > > integrate i flash, but looking at Acrobat 3d I'm not impressed, and they > > stopped developing Shockwave 3d a long time ago (still the best solution > > despite lack of updates last 5 years). > > /David > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Toon Van de Putte Pannenhuisstraat 63 2500 Lier Belgium mobile: +32 (0)497 52 74 51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
