bumptop - desktop enhanced
bumptop is a prototype implementation of a new computer desktop. instead of having a simple 2D screen with flat icons you can now 3D-rotate, resize and even pile up the icons in order to more easily and more powerfully sort and browse them. looks all really slick, there is also a pretty funny hip-hop version of the video available.
i think the approach has a couple of problems: it still uses icons instead of a preview of the actual contents (the video shows an example where actual pictures can be seen, though). how am i going to find the pdf i’m looking for in a pile of pdf icons that all look the same? also, it appears that there is no zooming or panning functionality. i have a couple of thousand of photos on my computer, are they all going to fit on this tiny desktop thing? from what i’ve seen i would say bumptop is a nice little enhancement to today’s desktop experience, but it’s far from what i hope to have as my future desktop one day.
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