3D interfaces already exist (look at Sun's <a href="https://lg3d.dev.java.net/">project looking glass</a><font size="-1"><font color="#008000"><span dir="ltr"></span></font></font>).
The main problem with these sort of interfaces is that no commonly used
input devices provides 3d movement, making the manipulation of objects
in a 3d environment much more difficult than in a 2d environment. In
addition, one must be careful that such radical changes are done for
productivity reasons, rather than for sheer coolness; 3d interfaces do
not appear to allow for much for intuitive access to a computer.<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrey Cherepanov</b> <<a href="mailto:sibskull@mail.ru">sibskull@mail.ru</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
5 Jan 2006 11:21, Vincent Weber wrote:<br>> >Maybe you mean redesigning Qt? I hope you don't mean this =).If you want<br>><br>> to make a GUI that's not 20 years old, why still hook onto KDE that's newer<br>> and greater, but still holds on to 20 year old design of the interface.
<br>> Things like:<br>> -A 3D background like in a screensaver...<br>> This way you can store Much more Windows on one screen. Productive design.<br>3D-design has several problems for user:<br>1. Rotated rectangles need extra space on view
<br>2. Manipulation of 3D-object is more difficult that 2D object<br>3. I don't see any benefits for productivity on 3D desktop ;)<br><br>--<br>Andrey Cherepanov<br><a href="mailto:sibskull@mail.ru">sibskull@mail.ru</a><br>
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