Things I would like to see in Windows 8 – Part 3 – a 3d interactive desktop
One of the features that I am really surprised hasn’t shown up in Windows yet is the 3d interactive desktop.
Windows Vista had Windows Dreamscene.
Windows DreamScene was a Windows Ultimate Extra. With Windows DreamScene, you were able to change your Windows Vista desktop background to a video clip, which would run in a continuous loop to make your desktop come to life.
Cute.
Windows 7 didnt really build on that concept.
The problem is that’s not enough. I would like to have desktop backgrounds that have objects that can be interacted with.
A car in the background where I could store my videos under the hood and my documents in the backseat.
A treasure chest in the distance where I could store my Microsoft Word files etc etc..
I’m sure some company has come up with something similar but it seems to me that it should be something that is intrinsic to the actual operating system itself.
What do you guys think?
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It reminds me of Windows Bob for some reason
This is not what an OS is supposed to do. Windows is enough over-the-top already. We could live with Windows' GUI being intrinsic to the OS, after all it's (supposedly) centered around user-friendliness, but this? Come on.
What I'd like to see is more modularity in Windows. Have a bare minimum of components, and install what is needed, when it is needed – from an on-line repository maybe. What use would an office employee who would be fired for playing a round of Solitaire have for, say, DirectX?
I agree. Some sort of Package Manager. Eg: Aptitude or Synaptic for APT on Debian based systems.
As already said – resembles bob