Me too. I recently settled on what I call the "Kitchen Drawer
Metaphor". (I'm assuming I'm not the only person in the world who
has a drawer in the kitchen which constantly overflows with all
kinds of "useful" stuff, like carrier bags, bottle openers, radiator
keys etc. -- this is *always* the first place I look for things.)
In my "spare time" I'm hacking a storage/retrieval system for web-based
things using this approach.
On the 3D/2D/1D debate: I'm not really sure what Tomas originally
meant by a "3D OS interface"... if it's a matter of trying to
work out what the 3D equivalent of the 2D "desktop" should be like,
I'm not sure it's a useful line of enquiry, since desktops are supposed
to be general-purpose, one-size-fits-all things, while most of the
good 3-D interfaces I've seen are very specific to the application
(thankfully).
While flying through folders using 3D file managers might impress
the people with the suits and the $$$, I don't see how they really
contribute to making a system more powerful or easier to use.
Talking of which, what do people think of ProjectX....? ;-)
(http://www.atg.apple.com)
Chris
-- Chris Hand, Senior Lecturer | Dept of Computer Science, e-mail: cph@dmu.ac.uk | De Montfort University, The Gateway WWW: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~cph/ | LEICESTER, UK LE1 9BH