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U. S. Patent Application: Multi-Dimensional Desktop
A graphical user interface has a back surface disposed from viewing surface to define a depth, and one or more one or more side surfaces extend from the back surface to the viewing surface.
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Apple em busca de uma interface mais tridimensional
MacMagazine — Uma descrição de nova patente da Apple fala sobre uma interface 3D que simularia bastante o mundo real, obedecendo, inclusive, às leis da física. É difícil imaginar algo assim se tornando realidade, visto que, até hoje, todas as soluções semelhantes fizeram do uso do computador mais complicado do que qualquer coisa. Chamada de Multi-Dimensional Desktop, a invenção vinda de Cupertino promove uma contextualidade muito maior de elementos. Se você colocar um ícone em determinada área da interface, por exemplo, ele mostrará alguns tipos de informações e/ou poderá adaptar o seu visual de acordo com o posicionamento na tela. (...) (...) Continue lendo Apple em busca de uma interface mais ...

3D desktop revealed in Apple patent filing
Crave: The gadget blog — ... Are you ready for a 3D desktop? Apple is working on such a project, according to patent filings unearthed by MacRumors this week. The "multidimensional desktop" applications suggest that Apple wants to take ... Originally posted at News - Apple

Apple patents idea for complex "3D Desktop" layout - development of Windows 7 thrown into chaos
Tech Digest — Attention Microsoft! Apple has patented a new thing! There'll be emergency meetings going on in Microsoft's Seattle HQ today, thanks to internet scavengers tracking down some 3D desktop ideas Apple's been toying with. Which means MS is going to have to start pretending it actually had the idea six years ago. The patented potential "Multi-Dimensional Desktop" layout looks a little bewildering compared to Apple's traditional locked-down simplicity, but the concept of having all your documents sitting behind each other in a little line waiting to be flipped through seems decent ...

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