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Could Zoomable User Interfaces Be the Future?

Linked by David Adams on Sun 2nd Nov 2008 20:59 UTC, submitted by Dirk Sievert

Oliver Hamann released a new version of his futuristic user environment called Eagle Mode. But the most interesting news is probably his project philosophy. There he lists pros and cons for replacing most of today's user interfaces by zoomable user interfaces. But unlike others, he don't want to replace the concept of desktop windows.

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RE: Interesting, but unsure about it

by Nicholas Blachford on Sun 2nd Nov 2008 23:57 UTC in reply to "Interesting, but unsure about it"

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2005-07-06

A minimum 3.4GHz/core is a bit of a heafty minimum.

A bit???

What did they write it in? treacle?

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RE[2]: Interesting, but unsure about it

by Nicholas Blachford on Mon 3rd Nov 2008 22:57 in reply to "RE: Interesting, but unsure about it"

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2005-07-06

Aside from my sarcasam, I actually think it's a very interesting and potentially very useful concept. It's exactly the sort of thing Apple would pick up and turn into something beautiful.

Edited 2008-11-03 22:58 UTC

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RE[3]: Interesting, but unsure about it

by Ian Christie on Tue 4th Nov 2008 06:24 in reply to "RE[2]: Interesting, but unsure about it"

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Despite my comment farther up, ZUI's have a lot of potential. A compact screen like Netbooks, PDAs and smart phones could benefit from this sort of system.

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