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- igraham09, on 10/12/2007, -47/+281[edit] Ok, I stand corrected, it can be pronounced as "lass-oo" ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lasso )
but that doesn't change the fact that saying "lass-oo" makes you sound like a ***** retard - Livert, on 10/12/2007, -7/+230What? No filenames?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -15/+225this is old regurgetated crap (vaporware)
- unlimitedorb, on 10/12/2007, -15/+219Just stick with XGL/Beryl (Or some other window manager.)
Very neat, but prodding icons around all day until you feel your "organized"? It just uses up too much precious time. I can see it being a neat novelty in the beginning but other than that... - igraham09, on 10/12/2007, -50/+251It's "LASSO" (lass-oh)... you know, like a cowboy?
christ on a cracker that was annoying - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -14/+199Awesome Yes, Functional ***** no!!
- SavageOwnage, on 10/12/2007, -2/+134It is cool, but I just do not see it being useful.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+70What good is an icon if its under another icon? Cool, but not practical for most uses at all. I like my computer more than my desk because there ARE no stacks...
- Ryosen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+64I have enough crap in piles on my real desk, I don't need an OS to make it any worse
- xWillx, on 10/12/2007, -11/+69I want tidy piles.
- iFrank, on 10/12/2007, -4/+61@Parent:
I disagree. The purpose of a computer is not to simulate your normally disorganized, messy real-world workspace; rather, its purpose is to allow you to be more efficient.
We need to start thinking laterally, moving away from trying to create the real world in virtual space. Why not try to replicate the efficiency of the traditional computer desktop in the real world? That'd be something I'd digg. - HHP2K, on 10/12/2007, -20/+76That was incredible. I want it.
- brentris, on 10/12/2007, -1/+53please use periods.
- Adma1, on 10/12/2007, -4/+55Dragon Cross!!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30I think normal desktop folders are more presentable and organized.
- CanYou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Uhm, who's the frigtard at the very beginning wearing Vanilla Ice'$ Ice? Nothing says quality GUI like some gawdy J-Lo bling.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26I just want that dude's cash-money pimp rings.
- kkDonut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Its gary's mod for paper!
- matthewplante, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23I would use it ... for about four minuets ... and then never want to see it again.
- Zoctogon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22Lass-oo is the British pronunciation. Which explains why countries such as Australia, Canada etc. also pronounce it that way.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_pronunciation_differences - TheIconoclast31, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24"The icon facilitates discovery, indicating additional functionality, and aims to transition from novice to expert."
They should just say physics + desktop + menus. Looks really inefficient, despite the gazillion menus :/ - netdroid9, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21It's not useful for current systems, but it'd go far in an embedded system of some kind. DS Linux, for example, using the stylus to lasso items.
- jcronkhite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18I agree. Computers in general have become so common that I'm not sure we need to relate them to an actual desktop workspace. If this was around 10 to 15 years ago, then I think this desktop might have had "legs". At this point it just looks neat, but not very practical.
- Flanker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20It's the coolest thing you have seen in 219 days. Dupe.
http://digg.com/tech_news/New_3D_Way_to_Desktop - mediaphile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16@mybeat:
Holy crap. The internet thanks you in advance for never, ever writing another "paragraph" again. Please. - mr1337, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Dupe. And not even in the right category. There's a new section called 'Videos' here on Digg. Use it.
- DeFex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I wish they made it so when you are on a deleting spree, you could smash them into each other and they blow up differently depending what kind of file they are. and when you delete a whole pile of files they could blow up quite spectacularly.
- xister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13My desktop would look like the trash compacter on the Death Star inside a month...
- buss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Things that work in a physical space often translate very poorly to the digital space. Read: http://nickd.org/2006/08/reallife_metaphors.php
Computers should help us be more organized, not facilitate our messiness. - ogden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13My thoughts were along the same lines ... "I have a computer so I won't have to do things like that."
- Cyber_Akuma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Wow! incredible! What a novel idea!
A GUI interface that wastes an incredibly larger amount of resources and power of the system in order to destroy one of the several key points that make a computer much better and easier to use than an actual fully pen and paper desk!
While we're at it why don't we create a harddrive that takes up more space physically on your desk as you fill it, remove the ability to edit text in word processors, force documents to only use your handwriting instead of perfectly-drawn fonts, and add a sneese sensor that blows your documents all over the virtual desktop when you sneeze? Hell, might as well add a tilt sensor too so if you tip it too much it spills virtual coffee on the virtual files on your virtual desktop, making them virtually useless.
Ok, being serious, yes, it IS indeed cool, but im surprising considering how smart these guys must be that they spent all this time and research to create something that takes AWAY a reason a person woudl prever a pc's desktop to a real one. Most people WANT a computer to arrange files in the way it currently does, we don't do it this way on our desks because its a physical impossibility for humans to do that without wasting days or weeks just sorting files, and general lazyness, something you don't need to worry about on a PC. They basically created a Garry's Mod for the windows desktop, fun to play with, but functionally useless, especially compared to what we already have today. When they showed a shot of their messy desktop I was thinking they was going ot advertise how much cleaner and easier it would be if it was on a computer, and then suddenly they go "And now your computer can be just as messy and unorginized."
I seriously do not understand why they would want to work with a desktop like that, didnt anyone in that lab at some point go "Man, this is actually a lot more annoying to work with than what we already have, its not like I WANT these documents in a messy random pile on my desk, why are we doing this again?" - squidi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Re introduces the cluttered desk into the computer age....useless imho
- monomal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11When the fan in my tablet PC comes on, will everything blow around?
- Inverno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@xWillx
I know what you mean. I have exploding piles now. :( - monergism, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Tested this stuff back in 2000 on Win2K. Until it responds to touch, it's useless/slow/combersome.
- CatalystDM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8he actually used four, and only one of them was in a place where a period was needed :-O
- Cyberdactyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I signed up as a beta tester and to have updates about the app. . .
Never heard from them. - idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13I'm from Texas, and it's lass-oh.
There. It's settled. - rdwing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Ancient dupe
- thatrez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo33QeODN58
parody or bumptop I found on the developers page - RoflMyWaffle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Seriously, why would you need this. This is for the kinda people who can't bear to clean their workspace and insist its easier to find things when theres no sense of organization. With this, the only form of organization i see is the pile, which is more intelligently replaced by FOLDERS on LOGICAL desktops.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10He used three :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9You know you spend too much time on the internets when you notice Digg duplicates.
- oce222, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Do you really want this desktop? I feel like it would take me twice as long to get anything done. If I want a bunch of documents spewed all over my desk, I can have that outside of my computer.
- speedygonzalez, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8anyone remember this from a long time ago? maybe some old diggers can refresh my memory as to if this is the first time this has been here. haven't seen this in a while, but ya, its def. very kewl. they're be some linux distros that will have these capabilities out soon.
- WiseWeasel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Along the way, they found out that folders were more practical, and Spotlight (system-wide fast search with deep file scanning) was redefining filesystem navigation in much more fundamental ways...
- TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It looks great and really well done. Especially shown with elements like the spring. However, it's just a more complex/"what if?" way of doing what we can already do through folders, and viewing.
- DavidDigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I like how he totally ignores the fact that UNIX users have effectively organized the storage of configuration files, temporary files, binaries, and everything else that a computer needs to run...since the 70s.
He doesn't even have any concrete ideas on organizing files, and the tool is only doing virtually what is considered a waste of time in the real world - pushing paper and making piles! I mean, come on. - vuke69, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7And if by last year you mean 2003, yes you are probably correct.
- elixxir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5How useless and annoying...I'd never use that!
What about making more interesting (and fast) desktop search techniques rather than stupid tile animations eh? -
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