Taking this "what if" a step further, Google could be the only brand capable of pulling off a major interface/paradigm shift in desktop computing. I'd like to see a google desktop thats not a desktop at all and a db-file system that works as a LifeStream instead of a giant filing cabinet.
This would be the first such shift since xerox invented the window/desktop/file/cabinet metaphor for personal computing in the 70's. And with Google's focus on indexing and classifying.... it could just work.
To see one example of the sort of thing I'm talking about check out
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/lifestreams.h tml
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Taking this "what if" a step further, Google could be the only brand capable of pulling off a major interface/paradigm shift in desktop computing. I'd like to see a google desktop thats not a desktop at all and a db-file system that works as a LifeStream instead of a giant filing cabinet. This would be the first such shift since xerox invented the window/desktop/file/cabinet metaphor for personal computing in the 70's. And with Google's focus on indexing and classifying.... it could just work. To see one example of the sort of thing I'm talking about check out http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/lifestreams.h tml