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Wouldn't it be cool if they had a "drop down" ability to use something like Gelernter's stream concept (example in scopeware vision) to search for, and jump to regions or areas (files/folders) instantly.. In a p2p environment, that'd basically be a search mechanism across a network.. K-rad.

This functionality already exists in stand-alone, third-party apps on MS Windows.

Three of these content-wranglers jump to mind.
http://www.scopeware.com/
http://www.x1.com/
http://www.enfish.com/

Admittedly, they aren't free (as in beer or as in speech) but they would appear to get the job done.

You said Linux should innovate, but these ideas not only have been explored, but commercialized as well.

The closest thing to a workable scheme is Gelerntner's Lifestream stuff

I looks like they've gone beyond the research paper phase since 1996. Freeman and Gelernter have commercialized the concept and have dubbed it Scopeware Vision. I have no idea if it actually lives up to the hype but there's a free trial version so it may be worth trying out.

The closest thing to a workable scheme is Gelerntner's Lifestream stuff

I looks like they've gone beyond the research paper phase since 1996. Freeman and Gelernter have commercialized the concept and have dubbed it Scopeware Vision. I have no idea if it actually lives up to the hype but there's a free trial version so it may be worth trying out.

David Gelertner, the comp sci professor author and unabomber victim, has created software he calls Scopeware. It basically organizes information in a series of related chains. These can be date based or otherwise. I haven't used it, but I've read that he is responding to some of the same concerns you mention.

On a less lofty, but free, note, Evolution has "virtual folders" in which you can place anything a filter expression can select. I use them to sort my email by sender address. I still have my main inbox, and all the categorized subfolders, but the virtual folders select particular people out of the massive mail database. So I can recall that Joe said something three weeks ago that relates to a current problem, and look in the "Joe" virtual folder to find it. There's still no easy way to add arbitrary messages to a virtual folder, other than adding a filter rule that selects just that one message. At least I haven't found a way. But it seems to address part of your concern, for email at least.

David Gerlernter also has some ideas about changing the UI based on timelines and visual representation.

As far as your wish about things staying open between powerdown and booting again - I'm not sure whether or not Apple's new user switching persists during shut down, but I think it may (have to go back and read up).

Finally, if you're looking for way-new interfaces, nooface blogs new and upcoming UI projects.

Microsoft thinks they are all that but Mirror Worlds Technologies beat them to it. Try scopeware vision for win2000 and xp. scopeware vision. It can index and search your ogg vorbis files. It also has way cool views written using SDL. There's a free trial available on the web page.

If you want a cool utility to index and search metadata from ogg vorbis files (and other files), try Scopeware Vision.

Scopeware Vision is similar but better than this. It only requires 128 megs of ram!

Try the 30 day free trial. It rulz!

sounds familiar to scopeware which was was covered by slashdot earlier.

• Screenshots
• Scopeware - Stream view
• Scopeware - List view.

The link given, says everything we need to know about how irrelevent operating systems are: No web site is configured at this address.