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

[Rich Elswick]

oh, boy, oh boy, does Shadowrun come to mind...!!!!!!!!

On Nov 21, 2007 1:38 PM, Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com> wrote:
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> > -----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"
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> > 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?
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>        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...
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>        Files one simply lacks access to could have some form of guardian
> avatar basically saying "No! Stand back!"
>
>        -Rob
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