Looking Glass Beta Released

cereal3825 writes "Well Sun Microsystems Looking Glass has been released for testing. The Project can be found here. Though remember this is beta and a quote from the Getting Started Doc says 'This mode is still very much a work in progress. To date, only a few X11 applications run bug-free in this mode.' so dont expect a work of art."

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Information density

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One thing that bothers me about new interface ideas is that they suck screen space without providing more information. XP is a great example of that. More flash with less utility. I love flash also, but I want something that gives me lots of useful info in an easy to digest form, with less scrolling and button clicks. The better the interface is, the more likely I could use the same thing on a PDA, cellphone, or laptop instead of only on a 17 inch display workstation.

3-D perspective displays could provide more information density if they are able to provide shrunken 3-D like views that allowed you to fit more onto the screen. From the sample images, it does look like there is some screen space savings, by showing windows vertically rotated. But lots of space is wasted elsewhere. As a work in progress, it doesn't look like it would be a more productive environment yet.