‘ZUI’ is a general approach, and there were a number of attempts at it. I've seen a bunch of ‘zoomable’ file managers here and there—however, since that's not m

‘ZUI’ is a general approach, and there were a number of attempts at it. I've seen a bunch of ‘zoomable’ file managers here and there—however, since that's not my cup of tea, I don't actually remember any of them. But they exist, so I guess some googling might point you to them. Also I've heard about some ‘pasteboard’ service as an alternative to a internal corporate wiki: you likewise zoom around and slap content anywhere on the infinite canvas. The trick, of course, is to keep the content organized thematically and tidy it up so it can be found later. Again, chances are slim that I will remember the name of the service now. ‘Rizzoma’, which is a clone of the late Google Wave, may also be seen as ‘zoomable’