3b browser

You know, in the years I have been working with software, as both a front end designer and back end coder, I'm amazed that the paradigm for interaction has never left the 'desktop' model. Our main interface is still as if we are looking at our physical desktop, with things scattered here and there. The model breaks down a bit when working with files, but MS has tried to rectify that with all of its 'My...' folders.

Of course, whenever you have something that has stood for so long, someone always tries to break it. It seems like designers or engineers always want to move to 3D. (I'm not sure who comes up with these ideas... both are pretty clueless to the end user's point of view) 3D breaks down because:

1. Hardware is too slow.. the graphical density is always greater than the ability to (cheaply) draw it

2. Screens/monitors are not information dense enough. Ie, resolution is too low.

I think Tufte has is right when he says users want more information, not more 'pretty things'. (paraphrase) 3D browsers, 3D desktops (Sun is working on one) end up just getting in the way.

Now, for something that moves the desktop paradigm along logically, check out Basket, Unfortunately, its only available for Linux. And it needs better desktop integration. But at least its not trying to break the desktop interface, just extend it.

Very much agree. I took the demo and it ended up being kinda cheezy. For real 3D you need to work your graphics card and this was not doin it.

I was gonna install it but the TOS was kinda creepy. Basically saying you set up a city of links and we have to right to do 'anything' to it meaning add adverts, change and showcase it, ect...

Hari!

Brajamani

An interesting note on my Tufte quote...

Next time you get a chance, look at interfaces as portrayed in tv adverts & movies... and then look at how an average user's interface looks... good exercise in how designers, etc. see how YOU use your computer

Oh I notice it all the time as a designer.
Sometimes what appears on the TV looks just like a flash interface on a webpage.

Specially now since all the American networks just have to have a soundtrack and custom graphics as a lead into any pop story.

Can you back end a php script that will empty a POP from a server when the proper passwords are entered into it?

I`d pay for it

I have clients that get slammed w/ SPAM on thier 'catch all' account that gets auto set up w/ the new account. it would be nice for them to have a tool that they can use to kill them so it does not eat up so much space and BW.

Bolo!

Brajamanai

In case DhC is busy or isn't available, I should be able to handle that sometime after I get my backlog of work out of the way.

OK, there is no rush.

Let me think about it a bit.. send some stats... BTW, any money goes to Madhava...

How do you want to run this? A web page? Connecting to what kind of server, etc.. list details here.

Go here

Down in the user comments there's a pretty ok script to do this. If you have had any PHP experience, it should be pretty simple to just add in a password field.

Hint: just add a form field at the bottom of type password.

Make sure you have PHP installed with imap support & the c-client library installed. Details here. A would tell you if you have it compiled in. (Save the above statement into a php file & save it to the web server) Output of that statement looks like this.

Put all your connection specific variables in 'common.php'.

Do you need more help than this? I'm sure one of us could patch that script up pretty quickly for you.

FYI, I think you should donate $20 to Madhava regardless

Ha! Cool it worked, thanx for the research.

I used this after I recompiled php w/ imap support:



Ill send both Madhava and Jagat something
I have given to Madhava in the past because he has always helped me w/ coding issues and I try and get him design work because Im in school again and not designing as much outside of class. Most though are idiotic because they fear that someone in Finland cant do the job....Clevelanders!

Thanks again, this will save me some BW

But hey, I'm now in India, and outsourcing to India is the mood of the market, is it not?

Ha! Indeed it is my friend. Unless you are in New Vrindaban where they "import" Indian to work at a pittance wage :frown:

Ok I added some HTML and gave it a form to enter the account paramaters, thanks again for the jumpstart