BumpTop strikes me as more of a slick tech demo more than it is a real product - sort of like way back when someone modded DOOM to display system processes (and can kill them with the shotgun). Amusing, gets oohs and aahs from the audience, but ultimately doesn't really increase anyone's productivity.
I'm not convinced we need full-3D graphics and physics simulations just to work a computer.
What we do need, IMHO, is more pervasive hardware acceleration at the OS level, and rich support for animations. Windows fails horribly at this, but they're making promising strides - motion is one of those important UI bits that has basically been ignored up until now.
I'm not convinced we need full-3D graphics and physics simulations just to work a computer.
What we do need, IMHO, is more pervasive hardware acceleration at the OS level, and rich support for animations. Windows fails horribly at this, but they're making promising strides - motion is one of those important UI bits that has basically been ignored up until now.