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Another 3D file browser...
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Acrimonium
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Nov 26, 2004, 05:06 AM
 
I thought that the kind of gadget some of us can have some fun with...
About 10 minutes, but that's a diiferent concept than 3DOSX...
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mugget
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Nov 27, 2004, 03:19 AM
 
wow, nice find.

very different to 3D OS X...

but i still don't know what to think about this...

i'm going to give SphereXP a try some time as well. yes, that's for Win XP... i haven't tried it yet, but i'm wanting somehting like that for OS X.
     
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Nov 27, 2004, 03:28 AM
 
Yikes, this kinda...sucks.


I do appreciate them taking the time to try something new, however.
     
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Nov 27, 2004, 08:23 AM
 
Yeah, interesting concept...I think one of the problems is that any 3D file browser is such a take-off from conventional file-browsing that it is going to take a fundamental change in how we view our file systems in our minds for it to really take hold. In the meantime, it is kind of fun to play with for a little while...
     
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Nov 27, 2004, 12:11 PM
 
I am quite interested in these endevours
I think that there is a correlation between 3D file browsing and transparency (longhorn) and touch screen...whatever that nobody has quite figured out yet...
ie a more physically intuitive/gamelike interaction design...

But I have tried this and it's just not quite there...I am not sure altogether why...
maybe the 3d Mapping, maybe the processor speed...
?
Beats me, but I am glad people are doing this work

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Nov 27, 2004, 12:18 PM
 
cute toy...
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Nov 28, 2004, 11:56 PM
 
It needs piles! It would be soo cool with that feature! Otherwise ery very nice start
     
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Nov 29, 2004, 01:24 AM
 
Who needs a file browser now that we've got Quicksilver? (And soon Spotlight.) Takes a fraction of a second to find something using QS, and I've even taught my parents how to use it (which is saying something). No more shuffling through dozens of damnable folders anymore.

I tired this out a few days ago though � it was pretty neat, much more usable than 3DOSX. Still, I think typing-based-searching will easily take over the OS arena within a few years, because it's too darn efficient to ignore.
     
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Nov 29, 2004, 08:26 PM
 
Originally posted by Sage:
Who needs a file browser now that we've got Quicksilver?
yeah, you can just trash Finder, dont' need any of this file browser nonsense now that QuickSilver is so good.

yeah, right...

i can't get QS to search my stuff properly, and even if it could find any document i wanted, there would still be need for a file browser, for instance if you want to see all of the files relating to a particular project.

and since there will always be the need for a file browser, might as well have some sort of easy to use, intuitive 3D browser...
     
   
 
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