The possible future of GUI's

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: Xionide
They need to throw some AA on that along with some motion trails and blur effects. That would be ticketa tight yo.

It's open source, you can join up and submitt your ideas and in return you get the source code

 

[Shawn]

What the hell is the point of tilting windows? Sounds incredibly stupid to me.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Spooner
I don't understand the 3D windowing concept. So instead of clicking to another window, what are my benefits with this?

really, just space saving at this point. It's more a cool-factor like Flash originally was... then they added a whole scripting back-end to it and it is very feature-rich and practical... in time, this will be too. Dare to dream...

I don't know how I feel about it being just an add-on [to Windows in this case] though... they should've done better.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Spooner
I don't understand the 3D windowing concept. So instead of clicking to another window, what are my benefits with this?

it's just the 3d concept.

 

[Crucial]

Originally posted by: dwell
Too bad it's in Java and will run all slow.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: rh71
That's just what they claim. We all know from experience that java in its current form is already dirt slow and a CPU/memory hog. Imagine a whole desktop environment using it.

This sort of thing already exists in WindowsBlinds. It's damned hog-like in speed and robustness... and it's not even Java. You get the point.

I'm not knocking it down, I'm just hoping they improve upon it.

Originally posted by: Crucial

Originally posted by: dwell
Too bad it's in Java and will run all slow.

gee i wonder if that attitude has anything to do with microsofts own java vm that they got sued for.
i think all of you need to read this - this is why microsoft's monopoly is bad for consumers.

1. Include own horrible virtual machine for a competing technology
2. watch consumers pull away from competing technology
3. introduce own technology as a subsitute
4. profit

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: rh71
That's just what they claim. We all know from experience that java in its current form is already dirt slow and a CPU/memory hog. Imagine a whole desktop environment using it.

This sort of thing already exists in WindowsBlinds. It's damned hog-like in speed and robustness... and it's not even Java. You get the point.

I'm not knocking it down, I'm just hoping they improve upon it.

Originally posted by: Crucial

Originally posted by: dwell
Too bad it's in Java and will run all slow.

gee i wonder if that attitude has anything to do with microsofts own java vm that they got sued for.
i think all of you need to read this - this is why microsoft's monopoly is bad for consumers.

1. Include own horrible virtual machine for a competing technology
2. watch consumers pull away from competiting technology
3. introduce own technology as a subsitute
4. profit

I heard about it - but what's going on in the suit ? MS JVM ceased distribution months ago, no ? Still damn slow for me on Windows after downloading from Sun...

 

[Train]

I think its a waste of CPU/GPU, doesnt help me get any more work done, or do work faster. How is having a window turn sideways (and then I have to read the edge if it by turning my head sideways??) when I can just minimize it to the task bar? Functionally, its the same, just a different visial effect, yipee, so computer nerds can try to impress thier friends with it.

Come back when you have something useful.

 

[batmang]

Originally posted by: BCYL
Chances are Microsoft will copy the idea and will come out with it before SUN does...

and probly work better cause M$ is balla status.

 

[Injury]

Looks like a series of fun ideas with some eye candy and little to no practical application.

Consider that if you have angled windows so you can see them all while you work on something else, then you are still using up screen space.

It's basically a highly visual taskbar... I can keep track of my files good enough that I don't need that crap.

Maybe I stopped reading too early, but my guess is that it is free because it will suck.

 

[datalink7]

Microsoft already had something like this YEARS ago (I had an old video of it at one point, but I'm not sure if I do anymore).

I'm not sure if they canned the project or not. Anyway theirs looked rather stupid

 

[Modeps]

No thanks.

 

[illustri]

yea hasn't microsoft supported window transparencies since nt and 2k?

 

[Phokus]

Talk about useless gimmick

 

[fergiboy]

Java is fine for applications that spend most of their time waiting for user input (most business applications). But for applications like this one that has alot of graphics processing java is probably not the most efficient way to go.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: fergiboy
Java is fine for applications that spend most of their time waiting for user input (most business applications). But for applications like this one that has alot of graphics processing java is probably not the most efficient way to go.

actually im sure they render the stuff via opengl (java supporsts it fully... just about everything does) and just use java for the actuall coding

 

[BW86]

pretty cool

 

[squirrel dog]

Sun smun , wheres my Atari St ??

 

[cchen]

i love how they bash microsoft in their demo

 

[daniel1113]

I remember seeing a similar demo from MS a few years back. Too bad I don't remember the name or have the link anymore, but I am pretty sure there is nothing new here.

 

[Platypus]

Hahahahahaha sun vaporware corpse finally reborn?

What a fvcking joke.

 

[WannaFly]

SphereXP does just about the same thing, its kind of neat but pretty useless, IMHO.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
SphereXP does just about the same thing, its kind of neat but pretty useless, IMHO.

and you can get transparent window software here

 

[Davegod75]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
What the hell is the point of tilting windows? Sounds incredibly stupid to me.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

We need a return to simplicity I say, in all apps. Focus on stability and performance first, then add in the eye candy.