what a waste of time. I deal with thousands of files. This alternative is useless since every icon in that file type is exactly the same.

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That is a great idea—While I tend to agree w/ albundyhere on the standardized icon appearance, a code change to allow a pressure click that will show a document preview window similar in fashion to outlook 2003 would allow you do at a glance see what the contents of the file are, alternately on mouseover it could display file name.  In any event I still think this is a great idea that shows great promise.  Hopefully development will continue on this project and we’ll actually see it in real world use some day.

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The only reason this would ever be used is to SELL SOMETHING. This is demo-ware. Useless, but pretty. Please stop making it.

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A very interesting presentation.

I don’t know if it’s revolutionary, but I like the fact that it’s a different way of looking at things.  I think it has some great potential!

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It looks pretty, but I doubt its usefulness. Think about running ten windows at the same time while having a desktop filled with misc icons. One of the windows is a browser with some dozens of tabs .  The widget you are urgently looking for is under a huge pile of other, useful-in-the-not-so-near-future staff… Conventional desktops can deal with this. You get taskbars or similar tools. You get scroll bars. You get VISIBLE filenames without waiting for a tooltip. You get a mouse with two buttons that works where you click. You don’t have to worry about ‘painting’ lassoes on the screen… (a real task for disabled users btw)

I can see it now: ‘Download free widget shelves and win $$$’ or whatever… 

For me it’s just show with some potential, not a practical application….

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This looks like one of the coolest ideas i’ve seen in awhile, but i think it would be more useful as part of a bigger package
imagine xgl plus this

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Its a neat idea, but totaly impractical. Most people dont have tablets, so there isnt any Pen pressure to lock things with. Also, in most desktops keeping them all neat and organised makes it easy to see at a glance. I dont want to ahve to sort through a pile of icons just to find one file.

I like efficentcy, and this is anything but. Its also constantly using precious precious ram that i could use elsewhere.

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This is neat and all, but I see no use for it (at least, not untill multi-touch monitors make it big, then i’d love a desktop like this).

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Looks like the designers have gotten so wrapped up in this undoubtedly “cool” concept, that they’ve forgetten to do a bit of a reality check on practical useability.  This will never advance beyond the video stage, and if it does, it’ll flop faster than you can say “Microsoft Bob”.

Isn’t the whole point of using a computer rather than piles of documents on a real desk that the former is easier and quicker than the latter?  So here we have a gee-whiz design than knocks everyone’s socks off because, well, it looks just so much like the “real thing”.  Hang on, the “real thing” is what we’re trying avoid - why would anyone want to emulate it so closely (even to the point of having “files” scattered randomly in a disorganised heap across the desk)?  Anyway, where’s the ashtray?  Or the misplaced cigarette burning a hole into one of the holiday snaps?  Or the sloppily placed coffee mug leaving a ring on the tax return?  More to the point, where’s my secret bottle of bourbon - I’m going to need it after chasing all those mah-jongg tiles - sorry, I mean file icons - around the screen all day.

This reminds me of some of the early PIM’s where the only way to delete an appointment was to drag it way down to the make-believe trash-can in the bottom right hand corner (where it would erupt into snazzy flames).  If you got sick for a week and had to cancel all your appointments, your arm dropped off after mousing a few dozen items to the trash.  The designers of Lotus Organizer thought emulation of a real filofax (plus burning bin) would somehow help people use their software.  It looked great in demos, but in practice was a total pain in the rear.  Mind you, that was some 15 years ago or more, so we can allow for the poor design.  This new desktop has the same kind of annoyance factor, except multiplied a thousand fold.  Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

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you know guys, it probably can be modified to include “areas” replacing the past idea of folders.  then it can be modified to expand a stack and show thumbnails.  Application using, bah! you can just have multiple “workspaces”.  As for search functions, there should be a “search in this stack” option.  I think it has some great potential but has a ways to go.

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Found something like this, it doesn’t have all of the nifty options, but it’s kind of similar. It’s called Real Desktop

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Sounds like a neat idea.

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