May 24, 2004
Cubic Eye
3D user interface and tools.
via BBspot.
Here's SphereXP which is a spherical desktop replacement. I'm waiting for the dodecahedral version. It has twice the space of the cubic one.
I've never been able to understand how these UI's appeal to anyone. Bulky, gizmo-ey, and ultimately more trouble than they're worth.
I just tried that SphereXP, to see what it was like.
Eeeeeuch. That's nasty.
Agreed- these are all pretty nasty.
When running a bunch of apps and displaying several pages at once, I haven't seen anything to improve on virtual desktops. The *nix folks have had these for years, and there is Windows and Mac freeware available.
I was dragged kickin' and screamin' to MacOS X; always felt it slow and cumbersome, compared to 9.2's speed. But, lately, I miss it when working on a non-Panther Mac. The Exposé feature, which shrinks all running programs' windows to fit on screen as for you to select the one you need, striked me first as a flashy frill but now find it invaluable.
« Older Icelandic Poetry | The World Newer »
To post comments to a thread you must login or create a profile.
