Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th May 2008 18:30 UTC
Rethinking the desktop metaphor, or even improving it in any significant way, is a daunting task, and few dare to take the risk. The end result is that the desktop metaphor that we use today barely changed over the years - which is quite unique for the computing industry, as normally, things change very rapidly.
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The "info" button in the bottom left of an object spins the object around to show info. However the button to spin it back to the object is in the bottom right requiring a mouse movement. That in itself is not a problem but I've already associated bottom right with "resize". Maybe the "spin" icon should be exactly where the "info" button is and the bottom right icon should remain "resize". How does one resize once in "info" mode?
Very good observation!
you are right the flip back button should be on the other side. I was a bit lazy and didn't correct that!
Also once on the info side there is no resize allowed, the size is then only dictated by the content displayed.
Thanks for your comment,
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I like it a lot, finally a UI that eats CPU/GPU cycles that I can justify!
I have just one complaint...
The "info" button in the bottom left of an object spins the object around to show info. However the button to spin it back to the object is in the bottom right requiring a mouse movement. That in itself is not a problem but I've already associated bottom right with "resize". Maybe the "spin" icon should be exactly where the "info" button is and the bottom right icon should remain "resize". How does one resize once in "info" mode?
Anyway, it still looks fabulous. I hope it has a well featured keyboard interface though (maybe that's just me).