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3D Sphere Interface for XP

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-often-you-envy-windows dept.

Brian Brian writes "I found this super cool 3D, inside a sphere, desktop interface. The videos really demonstrate it. I would love this built into OS X but it is just for Windows right now. And if nothing else, the paradigm is the coolest way to handle multiple screens." Here are a collection of screenshots & videos. I'm skeptical that it wouldn't be very practical, but it sure looks fun.

6 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. What does this really do for me? by Agent+Green · · Score: 4, Insightful

    XP is slow enough as it is...and now we want to do all kinds of useless fancy junk with this kind of window manager?

    It looks like someone saw Minority Report one time too many.

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  2. I've tried this by FullMetalAlchemist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've tried SphereXP, even implemented my own 3D desktop before that.
    The problem with it is that it's not about function, but flair.

    In short, try something else, preferably something which doesn't include the ability to rotate windos around their own axels.

  3. Old news by FLAGGR · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Saw this a lonnnnng time ago. Installed XP just to try it. What I found :
    -Extreme resource hog
    -The designer knows nothing about UI design (so many different actions, even if you can customize the controls. Needs to be simplified)
    -It's ugly.
    -You can't even use the windows while they're in "3D " mode

    Just a poor windows developer trying to make some competition to Looking Glass. It's too bad, because it'll never work, unless MS does it and integrates it into their OS. (It would probably be really buggy coming from them though. I hate to say it, but I'm looking to Sun for the first 3D desktop)

  4. Nice.. by grub · · Score: 5, Insightful


    It's nice eye candy but I really don't see how this will make a user more efficient as it seems to be distracting (just more ammo for those with ADD). I do find Windowmaker's multiple workspaces to be a great boon though but it's not XP.

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  5. This looks a lot ... by dorward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This looks a lot like 3d desktop, but ontop of the desktop instead of the black background.

  6. So, editors.. by Pahalial · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do you even bother with dupe checks anymore?

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