[IxDA Discuss] Bumptop

[Mark Schraad]

There is a "sizzle" to this demo that reminds me of the edge popping  
contextual toolboxes that AT&T Labs were using for RIO [early spline  
graphics drawing software] back in the eighties. I am just not sure  
though, who the real audience would be. If I draw on the people I  
have observed or interviewed in prior projects, I do not recall  
desktop document management being a huge issue. If I think  
introspectively - I can imagine that this might save me a few minutes  
a week - or month. That is a lot of horsepower for the pay off.

It is a pretty impressive and polished demo non-the-less. Maybe its  
greatest benefit is in the hype/marketing arena.

Mark


On Mar 1, 2007, at 3:32 AM, Jonas Löwgren wrote:

> Concerning explorative design/pushing the boundaries, it is
> interesting to note that Bumptop is the first compelling
> demonstration I have seen of the desktop-pile ideas that were
> advanced in 1991 by people at Apple Research (in a chapter of The Art
> of HCI Design, ed. B. Laurel). Apparently, it can sometimes take 16
> years for technology and design to advance to the level where a
> conceptual proposal starts making "practical" sense.