Linked by weildish on Fri 12th Dec 2008 01:01 UTC
Though this technology isn't incredibly new (the video is dated June of 2006, and OSNews has covered it before), it's still not publicly available; however, it'll supposedly have a beta out for subscribers to test someday. Branded "BumpTop," this new interface builds off of the idea of organization done on traditional desktops-- I mean the wooden, metal, or glass ones. People naturally organize papers and other items into piles that make sense to their own ways of thinking. This kind of organization is limited on operating systems today, but BumpTop makes an old idea new by turning your virtual desktop a little more real.
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2006-04-14
OK - I need to relate an anecdote that is perhaps appropriate for this topic. Once upon a time, there was a US Government civilian that worked in a US Army Signal organization in Mannheim, Germany. He shall remain nameless here, but those of you who read this and know this person, you will know exactly who I am referring to.
This guy was a high level program manager (I believe he was a GS14). His office was famous, in fact perhaps even a legend. It was quite a large office that he shared with no one. First time visitors were instructed before entering this office to make no comments about its appearance, and for good reason. First, this person was a chain-smoker, and he indulged his habit in his office long after everyone else had to go outside to smoke.
But this was not the real surprise. I can remember being totally flabbergasted on my first visit to see literally tons of papers and folders stacked hap hazardously everywhere within. But the most amazing sight was his conference table, which was over 2 meters in length, and totally covered to a depth of about half a meter with papers and folders arranged in absolutely no discernible order.
So anyway, a visitor might be sitting near this conference table discussing a project with this person, and he would reach into this pile, perhaps as far in as his elbow, and pull out a stack of PowerPoint hard-copy and it would be exactly what he intended to grab on the first shot. Having experienced this first hand, I can tell you it was quite uncanny.
To conclude this story, a new General came in to take over the command, and unlike previous commanders, he would not be dissuaded from checking out this office. After recovering from nearly having a heart attack, he immediately called in the fire marshal and had all of the piles of paper disposed of. The subject of this story retired shortly afterwords.
I relate to you the above story only because I am trying to imagine how he would arrange a desktop on his computer using software such as that which is mentioned in this topic. It is making my head hurt...