A 3d desktop, is an interesting concept, but SUN coming out with a pretty gui? Ok, I admit, i've been a bit sceptical of SUN's GUI design ever since around 1998-1999 when they came out with some new gui and totally confused the unix geeks for weeks.
My prediction is that Windows will do 3d desktops second or barely first and in either case, okay. Sun, if they do it... it will be far worse. (Sun computers are known for reliability not a beutiful gui.) If Apple is thinking about it, we should hear about it in the Apple Developer conference mid this year, and if they do it, it will be truly impressive. Apple has a long standing reputation for their great GUI design. (Not that I'm saying anything new here) . But I guess, you have to wonder what is gained by a 3d gui, and I guess I'll have to see it before I really grasp the concept. Mike --- Rod Lavington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All! > > <http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/> > > Probably old hat by now (I notice that an early > version of Longhorn stole this idea before it was > "shelved"), but the demo is very cool. I love the > idea of turning around the video or webpage to > reveal a sticky note :-) In some sense it made OS X > look kind of boring. Maybe we will see something > like that in 10.5? Apple have been very quiet about > 10.5 since it was announced last May. > > Seeya > > Rod! > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
