<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'>Just adding depth doesn't really change the 2D paradigm.  It would just be a slightly extended version of the layering of windows that we currently have.  What's needed is a break from the thinking of the last 20 years.  Current hardware is being under-used and true 3D environments can prove more productive than their 2D counterparts.   In addition, just adding depth does not provide an extended workspace.  Its not unusual for me to have around 30 windows open at a single time, on a single desktop.  It rapidly becomes a mess as there is no way of effectively grouping windows based upon the task they fulfil, not to mention the limited real-estate on a 2D display. <HR id=stopSpelling> > Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:10:37 +0300 > From: kalle.karkkainen@intstream.fi > To: markmccarron_itt@hotmail.com > CC: danjo133@gmail.com; compiz@lists.freedesktop.org > Subject: Re: [compiz] Feature Request > > What about just adding depth? Like, send this window to back. > > You could get rid of some clutter, still seeing it inside the cube. For > instance, I usually have Gimp running, but do only little things every > now and then with it. I would gain from being able to send gimp to > another cube, or cube inside cube that I could go to. I'd know it's > there, I would not need to get too involved with it's presence (not in > alt-tab, just running in background). > > I could maybe control-pageup-down to access these different layers of > the cube. > > It'd also be a place fo a cool effect when you send something to the > deeper layer.. :) > > -- > Kalle Kärkkäinen. <hr />Get free emoticon packs and customisation from Windows Live. <a href='http://www.pimpmylive.co.uk' target='_new'>Pimp My Live!</a></body> </html>