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MacDailyNews: Apple patent app details 3D Mac OS X user interface
Technologizer: Apple Files Patents for 3-D OS Interface
Cult of Mac: Opinion: 3D Interface Madness Makes Default Leopard Dock Look Quite Nice Actually
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Apple patent app details 3D Mac OS X user interface
MacDailyNews —
... come." "Generally speaking, the filings depict a 3D interface by which side walls, a top, and a floor all protrude from a back surface that resembles today's two-dimensional Mac OS X desktop. A few examples also suggest a radical departure from traditional interface design by which the Mac OS X menubar would be removed from the top of the screen and thrown into a stack or floating element.," Lane reports. read the full article, with many illustrations from the patent application, here .
Apple Files Patents for 3-D OS Interface
Technologizer —
apple-logo-2 As everybody knows, when Apple files for patents, the tech media is whipped up into a frenzy with speculations of what the filings may mean. The latest discoveries by Slash Lane (that can’t be his real name, can it?) at AppleInsider are no different. According to the latest filings, Apple is working on a three-dimensional user interface which would maximize screen real estate by essentially layering them on the two-dimensional screen. The filing was made in June, about the same time Apple began detailing its work on Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6). AI notes that none ...
Opinion: 3D Interface Madness Makes Default Leopard Dock Look Quite Nice Actually
Cult of Mac —
... It just looks much more complex than what we have already, and one of the things I like most about OS X is the simplicity of everything. I like the way I don’t have to have a desktop buzzing with widgets and controls and windows, and most of the illustrations of Apple’s patent filing published by AppleInsider show exactly that. Yes, it looks 3D all right, but it also looks many times more complicated to work with. I don’t want complexity. ...
Apple Files Patent for Multi-dimensional OS X
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
Several Apple patent filings published this week allude to a multi-dimensional, 3D interface for Mac OS X that would increase the versatility of the screen space. The filings, labeled “Multi-Dimensional Desktop”, were submitted back in June of last year, around the same time that Apple revealed the update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The diagrams below show what may be in store for Mac users. [image] Apple’s diagrams show a multidimensional desktop environment that include a back surface, including a “floor” that would contain the Mac OS X Dock and icons stacked horizontally ...
Apple is developing a 3D Mac UI
Apple Gazette —
... Apple Insider has an extensive look at an Apple patent filing that could point to some interesting innovations for future versions of the Apple OS. ...
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