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Pointless ponderings about mouse movement
Ahh, the humble computer mouse. It's been our loyal companion for quite a while, hasn't it? Everyone has one, or something approximating it. For an OS-control environment, wouldn't it still do a ...
It wouldn't be any more complex than the current typical desktop environment. The only difference is rather than having the equivalent of a bunch of pieces of paper on top of one-another, to be sifted through to find the one you want, you have a series of pieces of paper floating in front of you that you can look behind and move around to find the one you want.
And regarding gesture detection - it's cool if you have a trackpad or some other device that can output more information than a mouse can. But trying to do gesture detection with a desktop mouse is a path littered with obstacles. It would be too easy to accidentally perform some gesture during normal operation and perform some unwanted action.
Although now that you say that - a trackpad would open the door to a whole bunch of really awesome ways to interact with a 3D virtual desktop...
And regarding gesture detection - it's cool if you have a trackpad or some other device that can output more information than a mouse can. But trying to do gesture detection with a desktop mouse is a path littered with obstacles. It would be too easy to accidentally perform some gesture during normal operation and perform some unwanted action.
Although now that you say that - a trackpad would open the door to a whole bunch of really awesome ways to interact with a 3D virtual desktop...