This is a very interesting idea but after thinking a moment about the demo I realized that this applies to spatial window managers only. If you look at the major desktops, Mac OS X, Windows XP, Gnome, and KDE, all of them default to non-spatial file browsing. Could this technique reverse that trend?
Another obvious point, this technique will nicely compliment spring loaded folders in Mac OS X and KDE. (Spring loaded folders are folders that pop or spring open when the mouse is paused over the folder and dragging a document.) However, where as spring loaded folders are useful to both spatial and non-spatial window managers I don't see that being the case with with fold and drop windows unless the concept was implemented across applications.
Doing some of the same research for myself I noticed that many unmanaged switches, including the linksys workgroup switches linked off this story, do not support jumbo frames.
If you plan to use jumbo frames make sure the swtich you buy supports MTU sizes up to 9000. Just about all managed switches I've seen do this but they cost considerably more than unmanaged switches.
Once exception I found are the SMC Gigabit EZSwitch unmanaged switches available in 8 - 24 port versions.
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This is a very interesting idea but after thinking a moment about the demo I realized that this applies to spatial window managers only. If you look at the major desktops, Mac OS X, Windows XP, Gnome, and KDE, all of them default to non-spatial file browsing. Could this technique reverse that trend?
Another obvious point, this technique will nicely compliment spring loaded folders in Mac OS X and KDE. (Spring loaded folders are folders that pop or spring open when the mouse is paused over the folder and dragging a document.) However, where as spring loaded folders are useful to both spatial and non-spatial window managers I don't see that being the case with with fold and drop windows unless the concept was implemented across applications.
Doing some of the same research for myself I noticed that many unmanaged switches, including the linksys workgroup switches linked off this story, do not support jumbo frames.
If you plan to use jumbo frames make sure the swtich you buy supports MTU sizes up to 9000. Just about all managed switches I've seen do this but they cost considerably more than unmanaged switches.
Once exception I found are the SMC Gigabit EZSwitch unmanaged switches available in 8 - 24 port versions.