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BumpTop, an Ephemeral Space?

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Whilst searching the new features available in Windows 7 I happened across BumpTop, showcased at the IBM sponsored TED conference. It works in a Windows 7 environment so I downloaded the free version to see whether it a gimmick or a more transient way to organise workspaces. What attracted me to BumpTop was not the 3D environment, but the way items on the desktop are given emphasis and hierarchy through making them small or large. They may also be grouped into piles too just like stacking sheets of paper on a desk. This doesn’t mean you then have to destroy piles of items to retrieve files; piles can be fanned out, flipped through like a book or displayed individually within a container whilst choosing a file. As well as being able to delete items to the trash can, in BumpTop files can be screwed up into balls and thrown about the space. Whether I will use this feature much is to be seen. It may provide a secondary way to store those small notepad files that I may need to keep but not too certain about yet.

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Tags: 3d, bumptop, desktop, file management, gestural interface, Interface, TED, touch screen
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