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posted by Editor on Monday October 11, @05:39PM
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joost writes "Hi, all, here's Joost, creator of 3DTop. The one and only, original,
first working , useful, 3-dimensional desktop. Bla bla bla you probably think, ok, no problem.
I challenge you: work together with us on the first open-source 3-dimensional desktop of the future, for ALL OS'ses!
3DTop made quite a name for itself since 1999, i ask all enthusiastic
developers and thinkers of 3d-desktops to join us and try to create
something useful, wonderful and worthwhile. I've been quite busy with family( http://www.3dtop.com/bart.jpg , ooh i'm so proud) and earning
my daily bread, and still am, so it's a good time to ask people if
they are willing to work together with me on the future.
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To start with discussion, i, myself, personally, am very sceptical about 3D-user-interfaces.... That's why 3DTop is so modest in its capabilities. While i consider myself neutral in the debate "is
3D good for us, analog, humans", 3-dimensional desktops have 3 main
advantages in my opinion:
- It "opens up" your desktop, the idea of depth in the background
makes your screen, and with that your 2-dimensional windows, "open".
This will "open" up your mind also, this is very vague, i know, but
it is something i experienced the first times i tried my programming-
work in practice.
- It will help you locate icons better. It's a classic thing, if you try to remember things, it's best to store things in a space in
your mind (second drawer on the left for instance). Visualisation in
your mind works best, that's where the 3d-desktop comes to good use.
- You can shift the desktop in the background. In 3DTop's case, just look 'behind' the normal 2-windows to search for a program you want to start.
There are many more possibilities to use 3D, but i ask myself and
others:" Objectively: is this useful, an addition to the current state of technology and presentation of information?"
That's why it's a good thing to create an open-source project.
Anybody can contribute it's thing and see if it's useful. What's not
useful to me or to you, can be VERY useful to others.
And please do not forget: FUN is useful also ! Anything that brings a smile to someone's face, is very useful !
SO, let's do something together , all 3d-developers. Ofcourse
OpenGL is the way to go! Talking platform-independency-wise.
What i can offer:
-www.3dtop.com.
-An open mind.
-Organisation.
We'll not use 3DTop-code but create a whole new code-base. But how
can we make it platform-independant? Any ideas ? Let's hear them.
Any contra's, let's hear them and discuss. Here maybe ?
Greetings, Joost
research@3dtop.com
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