For all you guys who haven’t been able to check it out, BumpTop is an app that converts your desktop – would it be Windows or a Mac – into a three dimensional environment with an actual physics engine of sorts. It’s an appealing way of working within your desktop and oddly enough, when used on a Win’ machine it actually makes the environment… well, much better!
We all are always exposed to a desktop which ever machine we use. And all environments have the same functionality more or less, as well they each have their different quirks and gadgetry to separate themselves from the flock. But effectively you still get the same color but a different flavor… Until BumpTop came along.
From a GUI point of view, I thought it’s an amazingly entertaining environment. The functions – and depending on what OS you use – the gestures seem very natural. The simplicity of the interface is amazingly intuitive and the physics engine they built in makes tossing around icons an added detail that makes it that much more interesting. BumpTop’s goal was to achieve the feel of a real physical desktop, I think they shot a three pointer on that one.
So, the case is quite simple. They have given birth to an absolutely new and much simpler way of interfacing. Revolutionary? Yeah, maybe why not – I’d say yeah.
Stupid me, now I’m kicking myself for not dishing out for the pro version earlier. I had the free versions installed on and off on various machines until I saw it on TED the other day being demoed in full.
Here’s the thing, this good little proggy has been around for a fair bit, but as of the end of April, Google has acquired BumpTop. Now the pro version (with them cool gestural functions and all) is not available anymore…
Now I ask, what does Google need such an ass kicking desktop environment for? With all the third dimensional, icon tossing, interface simplifying goodness? They don’t need it for something specific do they? *wink wink*
Go grab the free version it’s going to be around for a little more at BumpTop’s official site…
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