This looks really neat. I don't know that I would want to use something like this though. I'm not sure that it would actually make things any easier or better for me. But at the same time, I feel applications of this sort definitely have promise. And the idea of it is very cool.
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But I don't want my desktop to resemble...well, my desktop. That'd be a significant downgrade in organization.
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I don't get how that's any different from my current files on my current desktop.
Oh joy, I can accidentally bump a whole lot of files all over my computer, just like I do on my desk. Will it have virtual Coke for me to spill on my bills?
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It seems like it would work for people who organize by piles and amazingly still seem to know which pile has what. Other than that, I can't see it as being useful.
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I don't have desktop icons. Big "Quick Launch" toolbar, but no icons. I prefer my Wallpaper to be a Wallpaper. When's the last time you put "post-it"s on your wall painting?!
As for the "real workspace" feel, they really missed the point of computers, didn't they?!? Cute, but useless.
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I wonder if they actually think it's new and different, not just a repackaging of files and folders.
I worked for a few years with software where folders were called "drawers" and had a visual representation of a wooden office desk as the wallpaper. Then you could put your "pages" into "drawers" instead of putting files into folders.
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I like it. I'd use it because it's different, if nothing else. It seems like this destkop is just a workspace, rather than an actual folder on your hard drive.
It would be nice to change the background, and filenames would be useful.
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