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Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ODskdEPnQ

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.

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

But I don't want my desktop to resemble...well, my desktop. That'd be a significant downgrade in organization.

Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :

I would lose all my stuff!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

yeah Juxtapose, I agree. I think it would worsen my organization rather than help it.

still neat. [Smile]

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

"Neat" might be the wrong word. [Razz]

Seriously, though, I always enjoy seeing innovation. Thanks for sharing. [Smile]

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

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?

Posted by Squish (Member # 9191) on :

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.

Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :

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.

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

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.

GENIUS!

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

This is pretty cool. I wouldn't be using this for organization, really.

Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :

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.

--j_k