Most ridiculous concept I've ever seen. They're just being different for the sake of it. They're not really innovating. It's not useful design. In fact it's uglier and less efficient than today's GUIs. To say I don't like it would be an understatement.
Might have twisted your melon :) But it immediately reminded me of something that blew my gourd.
It's SO FRUSTRATING that YouTube comments won't take links. But I'm sure you would enjoy a a 2007 TED talk that demo's a zooming technology that connects in some conceptual way with "Eagle Mode". If you Google for "Blaise Aguera Demos Photosynth Ted Talks", you should get it as first hit.
@techtoview there could be a zillion reasons why an os runs slow. on ubuntu 11.10 in particular, the ati-provided drivers (fglrx) often make the unity desktop unresponsive. there are three workarounds:
1 - look here: bit.ly[slash]uEuKsJ
if that doesn't work:
2 - try using the open-source driver. open the 'additional drivers' application, and see if the 'ati/amd proprietary fglrx graphics driver' is enabled. if so, remove it and restart. 3d acceleration (games) won't be as smooth, though.
3 - use unity-2d: log out, click the gear icon, and select 'unity 2d'. you won't get as many fancy effects as with unity, but this solution gets rid of the lag completely, and is the one i use.
if none of these help you, then you either did something to the system yourself, or your problem isn't a widely known one. try googling around for other solutions, or ask around on linuxquestions or the ubuntu forums.
Also...there was a lot of zoomin' example, but not a bunch of relevant system spec (DDR3? x16 Intel 3D, an x1350, or better) cited...and of course the slax-based demo system's only 200MB if one's VMs are up to it? So thanks.
This thing could seriously change the approach to what we know as window manager. Imagine the possibilities, especially nowadays when every distro tries to impress and become more user friendly. whether they use it as it is with some polish, or just borrow the things they need - pretty much the idea - they may just have found something new to apply.
I can't see it being usable on desktop since not only we are all used to our classic style guis with classic file managers but also out hardware is made to work better with that kind of gui. I would love to try it on a different machines though. It would be interesting to use it with a touch screen zooming with two fingers the way you usually do it with pictures on a tablet.
you don't have to mate as it seems to work like an application ,not a full windows manager, mind you i'm not sure as it twisted me melon man, and there is a ms d/l there to but i have not tested it for obvious reasons..as i dont use ms...but hey, do it in the box
Most ridiculous concept I've ever seen. They're just being different for the sake of it. They're not really innovating. It's not useful design. In fact it's uglier and less efficient than today's GUIs. To say I don't like it would be an understatement.
j800r 1 month ago
you say "you know what I'm saying" too much, know what I'm saying?
poojkhgf 1 month ago
Might have twisted your melon :) But it immediately reminded me of something that blew my gourd.
It's SO FRUSTRATING that YouTube comments won't take links. But I'm sure you would enjoy a a 2007 TED talk that demo's a zooming technology that connects in some conceptual way with "Eagle Mode". If you Google for "Blaise Aguera Demos Photosynth Ted Talks", you should get it as first hit.
Hope you do, and hope you enjoy!
erajad 2 months ago
Nice.
I am totally flabbergasted.
Hyvvää uutta vuotta.
MomaAntero 2 months ago
Also not my cup of tea.
pd3331 2 months ago
That concept in two modes would be brilliant:
a) fancy mode with animations for zooming and nice icons etc
b) textmode (i.e. ascii art) for low end computers
TheWiepi 2 months ago
So you ZOOM in on files! VERY VERY WILD sneeky :D
TheGeo913 2 months ago
I see potential in this.. but I don't know what for....
definetly something to play with...
RuudschMaHinda 2 months ago
LoL indeed that is weird o_0
thanx for letting us know about this
Linux4UnMe 2 months ago
I've seen this before. Less polished, perhaps, but I've seen it. I even demo'd it for my son. It looks like it might be worth looking at again!
Runaway1956 2 months ago
@techtoview That is quite a low end machine... try a different linux distro like
Lubuntu
memoivoila 2 months ago
Ubuntu is very slow help me!!
Here are my specs:
Amd Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 4200+ 2.20GHz
2.00gb of ram
250gb Hard drive at 7200rpm
techtoview 2 months ago
@techtoview Ubuntu is to much for your machine. the unity thing takes to much resources. go Lubuntu. xubuntu or similar.
HDErikBlog 2 months ago
@techtoview are you using fglrx?
bamdadkhan 2 months ago
@bamdadkhan - what?
techtoview 2 months ago
@techtoview there could be a zillion reasons why an os runs slow. on ubuntu 11.10 in particular, the ati-provided drivers (fglrx) often make the unity desktop unresponsive. there are three workarounds:
1 - look here: bit.ly[slash]uEuKsJ
if that doesn't work:
2 - try using the open-source driver. open the 'additional drivers' application, and see if the 'ati/amd proprietary fglrx graphics driver' is enabled. if so, remove it and restart. 3d acceleration (games) won't be as smooth, though.
bamdadkhan 2 months ago
3 - use unity-2d: log out, click the gear icon, and select 'unity 2d'. you won't get as many fancy effects as with unity, but this solution gets rid of the lag completely, and is the one i use.
bamdadkhan 2 months ago
if none of these help you, then you either did something to the system yourself, or your problem isn't a widely known one. try googling around for other solutions, or ask around on linuxquestions or the ubuntu forums.
bamdadkhan 2 months ago
@bamdadkhan - cool thanks!
techtoview 2 months ago
I am not sure about the whole WM in this style but a file manager would be great.
But that's my side of things and this is new and not all good things are recognized as such when they are new.
velja27 2 months ago
YEEEEEEEES a realy unique idea, I will try it soon
seadx6 2 months ago
The idea is VERY unique, would never have thought of it myself. I just can't see it being more efficient.
BinaryLinux 2 months ago
Also...there was a lot of zoomin' example, but not a bunch of relevant system spec (DDR3? x16 Intel 3D, an x1350, or better) cited...and of course the slax-based demo system's only 200MB if one's VMs are up to it? So thanks.
Cineenvenordquist 2 months ago
Citation Needed for desktop fantasy wardrobe & Poser & jewelry work?
Cineenvenordquist 2 months ago
This thing could seriously change the approach to what we know as window manager. Imagine the possibilities, especially nowadays when every distro tries to impress and become more user friendly. whether they use it as it is with some polish, or just borrow the things they need - pretty much the idea - they may just have found something new to apply.
As you said, brilliant.
MrPhilinggood 2 months ago
I can't see it being usable on desktop since not only we are all used to our classic style guis with classic file managers but also out hardware is made to work better with that kind of gui. I would love to try it on a different machines though. It would be interesting to use it with a touch screen zooming with two fingers the way you usually do it with pictures on a tablet.
0frecel0 2 months ago
Interesting, however I think I'll just stick to the command line.
seifer22532 2 months ago
It would be totally awesome if there was a linux version of Tactile3D which is a 3d version of this
dynetrax 2 months ago
I love the zoom concept totally thinking out the box form your average GUI. I am going to try it out.
MattD00 2 months ago
Looks like the "Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth" video on TED.
hendrikwiersma 2 months ago
Definitely different.
mpalen19 2 months ago 3
@mpalen19 is so mate
sneekylinux 2 months ago
you don't have to mate as it seems to work like an application ,not a full windows manager, mind you i'm not sure as it twisted me melon man, and there is a ms d/l there to but i have not tested it for obvious reasons..as i dont use ms...but hey, do it in the box
sneekylinux 2 months ago
That is such a cool concept! Looks as though it works pretty well too. I'll need to give this a go on a spare machine.
lindsaymobil22 2 months ago