pierlooqup

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   by pierlooqup 8y ago

   Good luck then!
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   by pierlooqup 8y ago

   Oh wow! Any insights for the curious? I’d love to know more than what’s already on wikipedia from a first hand source! Cheers
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   by pierlooqup 8y ago

   Wobbly windows and cube animation for extra oomph! :-)
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   by pierlooqup 8y ago

   Thanks for the info and I agree - it was a pretty doomed UX to begin with and definitely not the first time 3d made an appearance on the desktop. The keynote definitely had a wow effect to it though, and it came from an unusual “competitor”
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   by pierlooqup 8y ago

   Still I wonder what Sun thought they were going to do with this... I find it fascinating they’d pursue a heavyweight UX project such as a window manager with no clear stake in the game... a last chance at pushing for Solaris adoption?!
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   by pierlooqup 8y ago

   Oh thanks. I should’ve googled cause this part of the Wikipedia article has all the answers: After unveiling the prototype, Steve Jobs called Schwartz's office and told him that Apple would sue Sun if they moved forward to commercializ
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   Looking Glass, a revolutionary window manager revealed in 2006

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