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Fold 'n' Drop Window Interaction
Mints writes "Following up on recent "Desktop Innovation" stories that have left some disappointed, I thought Pierre Dragicevic's exploration of Fold 'n' Drop warranted mention. Described as "a new interaction technique for seamlessly dragging and dropping between overlapping windows", Fold 'n' Drop allows the user to interact with layered or overlapping windows in a very intuitive manner. Refreshingly, Mr. Dragicevic provides both a sample implementation, in Java, and video demos. Mr. Dragicevic is a researcher in Human-Computer Interaction at Intuilab, Toulouse."
I'll admit that it is very pretty looking and continues the whole desktop idea.
How about a, near, one time use tablet PC, lets call it paper, comes with number of user specified styli. You can sort it easily, put it in folders, filing cabinets, even on microfiche for high capacity storage. It is a 2D device that you can interact with in your 3D environment. Doesn't even need a jacked up graphics card. You can buy very cheap extensions that will allow support up however many bloody colours they have in the shop. Advaced users can create 3D models with it. Comes in packs called reams.....
Just because your paranoid doesn't really mean they aren't out to get you
I can't believe I'm getting cool tech news via other sources before slashdot. This used to be THE place. What a pitty.