God , it ’s beenyearssince this concept surfaced . BumpTop , the 3-D , physics - enabled , extremely literal take on a desktop director isfinally available for download . It depend … well , it looks as interesting as it ever did .
https://gizmodo.com/bumptop-desktop-prototype-182434
A free version isavailablefor us to run around with , while the Pro version is $ 30 . But both are luxuriant , and the 3D background environments are eye - popping . One thing that the early demonstration may not have gotten across , though , is that BumpTop does n’t actually change that much about your computing experience . It ’s not an osmium by any way , nor is it even a full casing conversion . No , it ’s really just a Modern screen background with some widget - like functionality . you may throw around your icons , which is fun , but beyond that you ’re limited to whatever extensions BumpTop financial support : For example , flicking photos into a Facebook icon will upload them to the internet site , but this kind of behavior is n’t systemwide — it ’s just the purpose of a specific widget .
CNET saysthe app is well suitable to touchscreen , but I surmise it ’ll really come into its own when a multitouch version is released later this twelvemonth to coincide with Windows 7 . For now , though , it ’s a fun toy . [ The Download Blog ]
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