an important feature of 3d is that you can have more windows open at
once without cluttering the screen & you can move files from subfolder
to subfolder (on an other volume) much easier
the flip around & write onto the back can be handy to store content
description, which in turn may help in a future search/find...
in the demo movie they forgot to actually work with the windows......
with the f11 function in osx all open windows go away which is
unpractical if you want to move files (eg sort documents)
On 12/02/2006, at 14:08, Michael Parker wrote:
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
SAD Technic
Video Productions
Bayswater WA
