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Mac OS X 3D File Browser

Posted by pudge on from the shades-of-project-x dept.

A user writes "A development team at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana has released a 3-dimensional file browser called 3DOSX as a test of the feasibility of the technology. This program uses OpenGL to render a file system as a series of floating 'platters' interconnected by semi-translucent beams of light." I tried this on my old PowerBook G3/400, first from the source and then from the disk image, and then realized I don't have the required OpenGL-accelerated video card. Doofus am I! Be not like me! (However, it does work, albeit very slowly, on a new iBook/600). J adds: Nice and fast on an old G4/500 with a Radeon.

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  1. So finally it's true! by Toraz+Chryx · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know this, this is a UNIX system, they tell you everything!!

  2. I'm a little leery of any product with... by ellem · · Score: 4, Funny

    DOS right in the middle of it. 3DOSX just gives me the willy's!

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