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uh, because a GUI based on a flat "desktop" metaphor with overlapping square interfaces works so damn well. And the places where the metaphor differs from a RL

by blkhawk 10y ago

uh, because a GUI based on a flat "desktop" metaphor with overlapping square interfaces works so damn well. And the places where the metaphor differs from a RL desktop its because its more convenient that way - say like how documents (windows) have no thickness or how its easier to look straight ahead with a 90° to a surface instead of downwards onto a desktop at an angle? this concept actually takes advantage of 3d spacial navigation by basically giving you an functionally unlimited of desktop area.

zimbatm 10y ago
It's not an unlimited desktop if they are projected inside of a 3D sphere. Granted text is best displayed on 2D tiles that you can look straight ahead, but I was talking about navigation. There is only one text that you can read at the time, the rest doesn't have to be arranged in a sphere. It could be laid out around the room or even in bigger fields.