[arachne] Re: Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsens
- From: Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 19:21:13 -0600 (CST)
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L.D.
Much of what you propose is already being done. Walmart,
BTW I don't shop there, and other businesses have come up
with something very similar. They know when a single piece
of merchndise has left the shelf. If you get a chance, check
out a Linux 3D desktop. M$'s Aero desktop was built to compete
with what Linux has been doing for quite awhile, but turned
out to be a resource hog, and not nearly as versatile. If you've
never seen what some people are doing with the 3D desktops, I
think it will really turn your head around.
Rob
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On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, L.D. Best wrote:
Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
hmmmmmmmmm....
Steve wrote:
<snip>
Granted, I also don't like flash, and certainly don't think it belongs in
a "Document" format, which I believe should be capable of being printed.
Really? What if you could take that document with you, on something about
the size of Kindle 2, with an optional fold-out "large screen" ... ? And
what if you had software that allowed you to zoom in/out on specific portions
of that document, while giving you a choice of 360degrees rotation on *any*
plane?
Tech manuals made that way would be fantastic!! Imagine being able to look at
a diagram and then link to something like an actual picture of that portion
of said diagram? Architects would be salivating enough to cure the drought
in California! Imagine a car wiring system in a Chilton Manual which linked
schematics to active photos ... Imagine a medical reference which linked
text to visuals of the human body, again in 3D rotate-able graphics.
Imagine being able to download, for $10 each, textbooks which cost $75-100
new in the college bookstore and can't possibly give you the detail you'd get
on your reading pad.
I happen to like Flash and Shockwave and QuickTime and RealPlayer. They've
allowed me to tour exhibits in Europe, with 360degree pan of each room, each
collection, zooming in to look closely at something I'm particularly
interested in. I also spend part of almost every day in Africa, watching the
cycle of life/death around a watering hole. And a couple of times a week I
visit a coral reef off Belize. A friend can send me architectural drawing of
floor plans and elevations, but how much nicer it would be if I could have a
3D line drawing showing how all of it fits together, again zoom able and
linkable to detailed schematics/drawings.
Think about the things you (do/would) like to do/see, and the things you have
to do at work. Somewhere in there is likely something that would be far
easier if you could just see it in 3D. Imagine program flow charts you could
trace things through by merely tapping or click/dragging decision points, and
being able to see the path to/from each and every linked decision point of
every task ... woooo! Talk about being able to do a debug walk-thru, and
easily find where error handling needs to be inserted and/or refined. No
more page flipping or trying to tie things together in your mind or with
notes ... it would all be there for you to see and trace. For the business
persons who sell things, how about a 3D rendition of where they store and
stock stuff, so when they walk by an empty shelf they can note where it is,
go to that position on their readpad, tap it, and find out what was there,
when it was ordered, how it sold, what's still in inventory ... and if they
don't want it they can then trace through to see what else could be moved
into that stock area ... all while standing or sitting ANYWHERE at all.
(They could even find the "empty shelf" remotely, with inventory control and
POS links integrated into the "business map."
How's that for giving away free what are multi-million dollar ideas? Please
observe all copyright laws concerning this post. Please be aware that any
ideas put forth within this post are solely my intellectual property and use
of said ideas without prior written consent by the author is forbidden and
limited by the strictures of the US Code.
l.d.
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