Let's see it in 3D

Once in a while an application comes along that breaks the model for similar applications and poses the question of why it was done. Consider for a second, if you will, your common everyday Web browser. Flat, one-tab interface, BORING!

Now try this on for size. You might need a pretty peppy CPU (as in 2.4GHz Pentium 4 or better), but I tried it on my old Pentium III 1GHz and it was functional, but not great.

Of course, there's always the standby classic of the Project Looking Glass which challenges the idea of what a computer desktop is capable of. Try it for yourself and see what I mean. Now, after taking a look at that, can anyone really say that Java is slow? The whole thing is written in Java.

Okay, I've had my geeky moment.

Chao!