Bumb Top for mac


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Initially it was released for Windows but now it's available on both OS's!

What do you guys think? i wonder if it would work well on the new "iSlate"?

Bump Top

*sorry for spelling for the topic title incorrectly*

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*sorry for spelling for the topic title incorrectly*

No problem, I fixed it for you. (Y)

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No problem, I fixed it for you. (Y)

Thanks!!!

I'm kind of intrigued by this bump top idea and I might try it out but I agree with all you mac purists: clutter free desktop is the way to go but then again, there's an option to just view a 2D desktop and switch back and forth from that to 3D...

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While I think that 3d desktops are the future, I don't think it works applying a 3d shell on top of what is designed to be a 2d desktop paradigm.

BumpTop is a really cool concept, but what we need is an entirely new kind of OS built from the ground up to be worked with a 3d level.

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While I think that 3d desktops are the future, I don't think it works applying a 3d shell on top of what is designed to be a 2d desktop paradigm.

BumpTop is a really cool concept, but what we need is an entirely new kind of OS built from the ground up to be worked with a 3d level.

It would be cool if it pushed actual windows in a 3D perspective.

when the day comes where we all get to use autostereoscopic displays, we will look back at this and think, gosh this is quite before its time...

Again, I see no advantage whatsoever of using the Desktop as a place to store files like that, regardless if its in a 3D or conventional 2D way. Next to that this is absolutely nothing new. Microsoft and Apple have experimented with this idea for years and years.

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Having actually used it, its very clever. Make no mistake, this is NOT a gimmick.

You can have your desktop clean and pristine, only for it to 'zoom out' when you double click. This gives you a 3d top down view, where you can pin photos, todos etc on the top wall, and keep all your clutter easily accessible on the other walls. Double clicking any switches. I think of it more as 4 different desktops which you can flip through, or view as one.

The 3d icons are great too, you can (as I do) drag and drop images and links to the desktop, then chuck all these into a 'web finds' pile, which you can then throw into one of your dirty desktops.

The only thing wrong with it, and the reason I uninstalled it, is because its so cpu intensive. My laptop was howling when I used it and it would have murdered my battery life. Once they optimise it, I'm certain it'll become indispensable.

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