Yes. This was what I was thinking of: http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/understanding/pillars/avalon/default.aspx?pul l=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/avalon3d.asp
With the next OS iteration by microsoft, 3D displays and working with 3Dimensional objects will become the de-facto method of user interaction with the computer. Programming IDEs should follow suit, and we should also be presenting end users with new ways to experience and interact with their data. Longhorn is also integrating web services accessibility into the OS, we would have no need for a typical 'browser' interface per say, as web access should be interpreted by any application on the desktop. All our notions of Headers, Flash/No Flash,CSS etc. should go out the door as we gain the ability to push full interfaces to the user across an HTTP link via the 'browser'. Everyone should have the ability to drag and drop objects/widgets onto their desktop to pull data across the internet right from the get go. If we want to give an employee the ability to enter their time, we can develop a 3D interface that will do so and have them use that on their systems, no need for an archaic notion of a 'browser' with a 'webpage'. And since it will be available for everyone , users won't really look at it as 'installing a program'. I'm thinking of the 'browser' being pointed to a location and then reconfiguring itself into a 3D interface, or any interface, transparent to the user. SO I think that webservices, and I suppose more accurately building the blocks that will accept input from any source, and then output it, is going to be the next big thing, and actually presenting the data in Tables and Cells/CSS styles will give way to people developing application interfaces that were previously the domain of off-the shelf/stand-alone applications and simply not possible over 'the web'. Anyways..this is going OT :-) -Gel -----Original Message----- From:Adam Churvis That's one hell of an idea, Angel! Plum V1.0 was originally going to ship with an associated utility called Methodology Manager (those of you on this list from earlier Beta cycles probably remember the command under the Utilities menu) that was going to visually build the Plum Diagrams automatically from the requirements gathering process, so that all your business processes were tied directly to ColdFusion pages and methods. It was also going to automatically place the security constraints everywhere and create the workflow path. We're probably still going to do this in a later release, but just not now. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia
