Intriguing, but I don't think it's the right direction. It's an attempt to improve the implementation of the decades-old "desktop" metaphor for user interfaces, when what I think is needed is a whole new concept for the interface; computers are fundamentally different from the collection of documents that a desk represents, and I think we're unduly constrained by trying to make them act like desks. On the other hand, I don't really know what would be better.
On the other other hand, I totally don't buy the "placement of documents on a physical desktop conveys subtle information to the owner" thesis. Most of the time, the only information the piles of papers on my desks (and tables) conveys to me is that my shit's all disorganized.
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Intriguing, but I don't think it's the right direction. It's an attempt to improve the implementation of the decades-old "desktop" metaphor for user interfaces, when what I think is needed is a whole new concept for the interface; computers are fundamentally different from the collection of documents that a desk represents, and I think we're unduly constrained by trying to make them act like desks. On the other hand, I don't really know what would be better.
On the other other hand, I totally don't buy the "placement of documents on a physical desktop conveys subtle information to the owner" thesis. Most of the time, the only information the piles of papers on my desks (and tables) conveys to me is that my shit's all disorganized.