[mdlug] Very early screenshots for my "first person filemanager"

[Robert Adkins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Rich Elswick
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 1:33 PM
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Very early screenshots for my "first 
> person filemanager"
> 
> ooohhhh I haven't seen anything like this as of yet....
> 
> so many concepts flow just from the screenshots...
> 
> preview abilities...
> 
> Doors, they can be, they can also be other things... anything 
> really, so long as you know when you click on something, you 
> go somewhere....
> 
> I bet this would make finding forgotten file locations oh so 
> much more fun!
> 
> hell I would enjoy looking at the code...
> 
> Very cool, I look forward to using this in the near future!
> 
> Rich
> 
> On Nov 21, 2007 12:23 PM, Ingles, Raymond 
> <Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:
> > > From: Garry Stahl
> > > So you are trying to build the system we saw in Jurassic Park?
> >
> >  That was a real program:
> >  
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Graphics#Entertainment_industry
> >
> >  I do plan on stealing one idea from it: an alternate 
> coloring scheme 
> > will have recently-touched files be 'white-hot' and then they'll 
> > gradually 'cool' to black.
> >
> > > It looks cool.
> >
> >  Thanks. One thing I didn't anticipate is how wide the 
> rooms get when 
> > you've got a lot of subdirectories. My home directory is 
> unmanageably 
> > broad. I may have to re-think how to lay out the doors...
> >
> >  Sincerely,
> >
> >  Ray Ingles                                        (313) 227-2317
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	Is it wrong to ask for features?

	Like instead of just files represented as boxes, there could be
files represented with 3D Avatars of the user who owns the file wearing some
sort of uniform colored to match the group...

	Files one simply lacks access to could have some form of guardian
avatar basically saying "No! Stand back!"

	-Rob