Would You Like to Try the Bumptop Beta for Windows?

I saw this on FriendFeed and I want to try this out on my VMWare. It looks really space saving. I can’t wait for the Mac version too.

I couldn’t subscribe to Mark’s channel but I wouldn’t mind giving this a try. It seems like it might make things a lot easier but I’ve seen my real desktop. Don’t know if this will be a good idea!

As the way we interact with computers changes, I wonder if something similar to this will become the norm as it’s more like real life. I think that an interface like this would be great for a touch based system or even a gesture based system.

This is nothing new, back in 1994 my first PC (a packard bell *shudder*) came with an application called “Navigator” that sat between you and the windows 3.11 interface behind it.

Items on your PC were represented by objects in the alternative interface and “spaces” were personalised areas with a “kids space” designed to have engaging imagery such as a jungle or space environment.

Interesting that this concept is being looked at once again.

It would be interesting to see if this helps me becaome more organized, since it would mimic the way I currently organize…please send me a code. Also…we can’t subscribe to the second YouTube account that you gave us.

Please send me a code without the 2nd YouTube subscription, as I won’t have access to Twitter for a while. I will subscribe to it when it becomes available. Thanks in advance!

I find that for vista, if you have a slow system turing aero off helps a lot. So having this would be awsome so you dont have to reply on explorer.exe for desktop which I don’t like. :P

Well, we can’t complete your request because we cannot subscribe because you have no videos right now …

I can wait for BumpTop though …

Awesome! I really want to try out this app!

I think programs like Bumptop,Beryl, and Compiz are the wave of the future considering the newest PC’s have all this amazing graphics power that is only being tapped by the most extreme games or 3D programs. I’m just suprised that Microsoft hasn’t done something like this already. They will probably just want till one company creates the best application and then buy the company. By the way, the link to Mark’s Channel is wrong, his youtube name is tornados65

Talking about Bumptop, I have seen a video of it around 4-6 months ago, and I thought it was fake.

The whole idea of this is really cool, and imagine what you can do with multi-touch! The productivity would increase ten-fold, I predict, and working would be more enjoyable. :)

I think when they finally release it,it will be a wonderful piece of software. Its a great concept! Although I have found one very similar to this called real desktop. Bumptop seems way better though!

I saw this technology a while ago, and i was wondering recently what had become of it, and i would love to try this cool idea out. What would be even better is if would come to OS X. Baby steps…

Is it really necessary to make the PC desktop more cluttered like our real world desktops? Having seen only the video it seems as though BumpTop would reduce efficiency since it seems harder to distinguish between files of the same type without their file name being as apparent as usual although it does seem like a nice idea. Is this the case for those that have used it?

hey chris some questions for you.

how much faster is the new beta compared to the old one? what features are planned? and where do you think desktops are gonna end up in the next 10 years?

hopefully they’ll move away from the old grid based layout of the older ones. and maybe they’ll add some features such as gadgets or something like micrsoft’s surface table.

regards, james

also chris you cant sub to marks channel as he has no videos.

so ill just leave a comment.

just for carifacation the link to marks channel that you posted is wrong their should be a s before the 6.

This looks like a great idea and after watching this video, I went on and watched a few more videos, including some demos.

This really should be included as standard in operating systems, and I suppose would reinforce Vista’s “fun” approach to work. It looks like something that actually would be on Mac OSX as standard.

Great video!

This is a completely new way of using a desktop. it seems sort of like microsoft surface, but without the touchscreen part (unless you have a touchscreen computer i’m guessing). It is a really interesting program.

Hello,

i really want this program it looks cool.

I really wanted to use this program since my desktop looks kinda boring. I love windows. :D

Is it a windows shell? I have never really tried to use any shells before. Does it replace the Luna interface from xp?

Either way, that is really neat!

Great Job!

Joe

@jojospaghettio

I have dreamed about this sort of interface for some time. I would love to have a more intuitive way to interact with my desktop and all the icons that every single program wants to install there. It reminds me of Windows Spaces.

This look’s really cool!, however there is a program already like maybe not as good but close it’s called “Real Desktop” And it’s pretty cool and I hope that bumptop will be even better.

Hey Chris, yeah this looks pretty cool and I would like to try it! Its cool how your desktop is like a room and u can just play with it… but it seems like it would slow down my computer but I will have to see for myself.

Thanks!
-Mitch

I think BumpTop will just kind of make it fun to play around with your desktop more. I find myself just bored sometimes wanting something to play around with. This sounds like the perfect thing. Plus it does it job. I also recommend using RocketDock. You can see it being used, and download it here:
http://rocketdock.com/ You get your own dock, just like on a Mac.

Man i want to get a code I’ve been Waiting for the post And i requested a code 1 months ago, And still nothing. But for this i have a good felling that i will get one (I’m hoping). They should add a a clock on the wall or floor it would be cool. And i want to know why the can give way 100 codes, but it takes 5 months to get a code by request. Also they should add a window that you can look out and see the real weather. I wonder if a 100 people will even post!?! But for i hope to win one because i cant wait for the many more theme to to aprove mine requested. Hope i win. :-)

Hope that I win BumpTop!!!

This is very cool. I seen this live the other day. Looks like a fun 3d desktop app for Windows. I like the fact that you can put icons on the wall. It appears like it would save a lot of space on the desktop and I like to keep my desktop fairly clean. I have both Mac and PC and I would actually really like to have both versions. Very cool app.

http://www.youtube.com/2000contoursvt

Hi there, I’m quite interested in BumpTop, although I prefer GNOME using a 4 sided desktop cube. I’d like to try this out, as the only difference on XP thats a change on the desktop is a Rocket Dock running in the background. I’d love to spice it up.

I’m currently subscribed to both of your youtube channel.

i would really like to beta this it looks like a great start from the sama o same o im really tired of windows and have tried window blinds and didnt like it. it would be nice to stack those terribal icons.

I had seen the demonstration in one of the TED videos a while ago, but I didn’t really remember.

The idea itself is nice and fun, but I’m more worried about workflow and ease to find stuff. On Vista right now I can preview my documents before opening it, or search for strings, words or whatever to find what I’m looking for.
And same goes for the mac

However, how do you find stuff on this environment if all you have is all those similar-looking icons. You may have around 10 PDF documents and they all look the same, so how do you know which one you need? Is there a way to search that document/picture/whatever are you looking for? Can you create “stacks” or “piles” of documents representing the actual folders inside your computer, for example one for your personal stuff, homeworks, projects… most (if not all) of us have hundreds of documents and the last thing we need is an environment that will have hundreds of icons lying around.

So unless bumptop can handle that many files in a eficient way, it will become one more of those nice ideas nobody will ever really use on a daily basis.

Just my two cents

The interface sounds really good. It would probably work great on the hp touchsmart pc’s don’t you think? Anyway great post chris!

Hm Bumptop looks fun, but I wonder if it can be used like a gallery, or if there is some sort of feature to use it to showcase things. Either way it’s definitely a step in the direction of variety for desktops especially considering that it looks really simple to use. I also wonder if you can make your own skins for it. Either way thanks Chris, thanks Mark for showing off the app.

Hey Chris,
BumpTop looks like a very interesting and fun 3D desktop!!! I would love to try it. I’m always doing different things to enhance my desktop because I’m tired of seeing the same old boring Windows XP everyday…….
Thanks,
CharlB…..

My cousin told me about Bumptop a little over two months ago. He showed me it on his vista machine, and it is by far the coolest thing I have ever seen happen to a desk top. With one click of a button all of his icons would spread out and then with another they would pile up in alphabetical order. It’s some pretty neat stuff. I didn’t download it but like some others expressed, I noticed that it caused vista to run a little slow on my cousin’s PC. although he just has a best buy run of the mill PC’s with an integrated graphics chip. So that might be his problem. I think that Bumptop has an amazing concept and that it could really be utilized to make our PC’s just a little more customizable and tailored to our individual needs and wants.

Can’t wait for the Mac version of this. It look very cool and a unique way to manage your files and folders. I signed up to get the beta about three days ago and now i see this video that you guys are giving it away so at least 100 of us do not have to wait. That is so cool of you. Cant wait to try it out. Love your videos.

cool program any mac one similar? well guess my vmware is going to get use now well e you later lol

I so have to get this. Talk about interactive. It sort of reminds me of Linux. I just hope it will run well on my netbook, since that’s the only PC I have now days. Everything else is Mac LOL.

Hi. I had heard about this bumptop a long time ago… I am happy they are finally making it available and and even happier that they are making a mac version too.
Apple has just filled a patent for a 3d desktop that looks A LOT like bumptop… I do not know if they will get the patent and then just destroy this emerging company with a lawsuit! (I really hate these patents hawks)

I really like my mac laptop but as microsoft has copied many mac os features I think now apple is doing the same to other smaller companies. :S

Cheers,

Duarte

I have seen other things like this, but this looks like to be the best one. I bet this will look great on the Mac and Windows, I use Windows the most. I would think they would come out with a Linux version since its openGL as you said in the video. I would love to give a try!

I would also recommend Rocketdock for Windows, I have been using it on Windows for a while. You can customize the dock and everything. :)

-Kyle

Well, this service could absolutely help me out, as I always tend to have a cluttered desktop whenever I’m on Windows, since I don’t use it as much anymore since I have me Mac. It’s always hard to find the files I want to open, because I usually have to go through so many folders, so this utility may help me out by sorting out some of this stuff. I like this, because the desktop now turs into a 3D environment, which is something that could be very useful to me. Thanks, Mark & Chris!

This is pretty interesting. Linux has a goey interface that allows you to have 3D affects like this. I would use this allot because I stack things in piles on my desktop, and this would be really useful for many people because of how people organize there desktops. I would love to try this on a touch screen computer. Here is my youtube I am subscribed to both Chris and Mark http://www.youtube.com/user/iclayway

I’ve been waiting for an invite for months. I can’t wait to try out this sort of technology.

I’ve been seeing bumptop here and there for the past 2 years, looks like an Interesting concept for organizing ones desktop. Wouldn’t mind getting to try out the beta.

Also, I second Kyle on Rocketdock, its a great dock vary clean works well.

I discovered Bumptop around a year ago and have been considering signing up for the beta, but it sounded like it wouldn’t be coming out for a while for public use. The concept is one that interests me and looks amazing to play with, especially because bumptop is attempting to make the experience more like working with actual things.

Man i want to get a code I’ve been Waiting for the post And i requested a code 1 months ago, And still nothing. But for this i have a good felling that i will get one (I’m hoping). They should add a a clock on the wall or floor it would be cool. And i want to know why the can give way 100 codes, but it takes 5 months to get a code by request.

I’ve been waiting for this sort of interface for a while. It seemed that developers had given up on giving us more intuitive ways to interact with our computers. The “desktop” was a nice concept but it doesn’t really work like my real desktop. I’m not the tidiest person, but piles seem to work for me.

I’d like to give this a try. Please send me a code. I’ve subscribed to both of the required youtube channels. Thanks.

I really like how this is a fun program that does indeed correspond with the desktop. I wonder how many megabytes of ram this will take, due to the fact that my Windows Vista on my Vaio takes up approximately 512mb by its self. I saw this program a couple weeks a go and put in for a code for the beta and haven’t really received anything yet. I think it is crazy how Chris has the power of getting 100 haha, but I do hope to get a code. This program would work great with Vista and could give it a little more spark, due the fact it isn’t out for OS, but will be soon.

Getting rid of a cluttered desktop could really help

I’d love to try this out

Subscriptions here : http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=Shaunakerman&view=subscriptions

The software sounds very interesting, I would like to give it a try, I’m always thinking of new ways to customize my desktop and Mark, you nailed it.

Talk to ya later,
Josh

I have used the Mac Osx before and liked the look and feel. This looks like a way to get back to the mac look and fell.

The second i found out about this software, i thought “oh, this will be awesome.”

And it is, but my question is would this be a system hog?

And the other thing I wondered is, would this actually improve productivity in the workspace, or is it just another toy, that will get boring after a while.

Jordan

I would really like to try bumptop…

As well as others, I tried to add Mark but as not able to. But what I do for my own desktops? Before I went to a Mac I used ObjectDock and Colibri to keep my desktop as clean as possible and I could launch any program with but a shortcut key, a la Quicksilver

Using Bumptop how can you see the difference between two files that open with the very same application? To me it seems that there are no title on any of the files in Bumptop. is that the case?
Do any of you Bumptop users find Bumptop a worthy successor of the traditional 2D desktop found in most operating systems today?
Can you make a folder using Bumptop or is a folder in Bumptop simply a pile of files? if you can, then how do you make a typical folder using Bumptop and how well is it implemented?

Hey chris,
This program looks like a great desktop alternative for Windows.
By the way i subbed to tornado and have been subed to you.
Youtube handle= jdills1196

Bumptop seems really cool! I can finally get organized! And for those of you who who can’t subscribe, it’s tornados65, not tornado65.

My brother-in-law sent me the video on Bumptop. I probably have one of the most fullest desk top’s around. If this does not hog down resources, as I am led to believe it would be a great tool. I’m always on the bleeding edge and would welcome checking it out. I subscribed to both UTube channels, so if there is still an access code available send it along and I will be glad to report my experiences.

Thanks,

Bernd

It seems like a cool approach to rethinking the current way the desktop is and has been for over twenty years. The choice of being completely messy if one desires is intriguing.

I love this software and what it does to the desktop. It will make using the icons something I can play with for hours. I would love it if I could try this software for myself, and I belive the folks at bump top are doing something that I hope everyone will use someday.

i would really like bumptop because i have been looking for an alternative to the regular and boring windows desktop. Bumptop looks cool and very Original. Do i need to include my youtube url if so here it is http://www.youtube.com/user/blu3lant3rn

Chris & Mark,

I have been on the bumptop beta wait list for several months now. I have subscribed to both of your youtube accounts. I would really appreciate a beta invite. Thank you both for your hard work and this awesome offer.

Thanks,

I also wanted to add that I have a touchscreen monitor, so I am really interested in seeing how responsive the desktop is to touch input. Anand’s touchscreen demonstration’s look incredible. Check this one out…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_Dq9jYyWU

I hope i’m not to late on this.
Thanks Again,

This seems like a really cool utility I’ve tried so many different desktop utilities from themes to other kinds of 3D environment. But they all seemed really clunky is the word Chris likes i think. This one seems smoother and more robust compared to the others I’ve seen and tested before. Also my desktop is already getting a bit boring so trying this out would be fun. The way you can move things around so fluidly and stack them and such is just so cool.

I remember seeing a video about this program on youtube a long time ago, but there was no credit to the actual program being used. I though it was a very interesting concept then, and still do. I’d like to try it out to see how much it can help with productivity in organizing files, or find out if it’s just a bit more fun to organize files in this manor.

http://www.youtube.com/user/KMCMATT1

One problem: if I make my computer desktop look like my real desktop I’ll never find any of my files! As they say, “a clean desk is the sign of an idle mind”. Actually I don’t know who “they” are; I just made that up.

But seriously folks, I would love to try this program out and see if it helps me to get more organized!

I would like to try this out since I use something called Compiz when I’m in ubuntu which is similar I think it would be nice to have something like this for when I am in Windows XP.

Would love to try this out, please.

I am excited to use the Bumtop interface because I have a wife who has had a head injury and absolutely has difficulty understanding how to interact with a windows or any other gui. This product will hopefully turn her around and she will finally be able to find some use for her! WIth a handicapped ppl this can really be a blessing I forsee!

-Mike

This sound very interesting.
I got a very messy well…ROOM so it be interesting to see just how messy my own desktop would look in a 3D environment.
Though my real life desk may be a little messy Iv allways had a clean desktop…or I think I do..at least its very organized XD.
Cant wait to see this thing come out and try it myself.

Bumptop is going to be amazingly helpful I think to people like my wife. She had a head injury and absolutely cannot handle interacting with any gui interface, nothing is intuitive or logical from her perspective. Bumptop I am hopefull will bring her into my world a bit more. It will really make a difference for people with these kinds of issues!

This appears to be an awesome way to interact with our desktops. It seems like it will simplify day to day usage and increase productivity. Who could argue with that! So I would like to be one of the 100 to test it out and help it evolve into an amazing program.

Some alternatives to Windows Explorer include:

A43
Ac Browser Plus
CubicExplorer
Directory Opus
ExplorerXP
Far Manager
FileMatrix
freeCommander

Being able to control files and folders seamlessly using BumpTop’s intuitive interface will make navigating a whole lot easier and more fun. Looking forward to using it.

I’ve been looking at this for a while now, the only problem is that I heard it takes a good video card…. I hope mine can handle this. But if it doesnt, I can upgrade!

This is somthing I saw ahwile back, I thought it was a cool concept but it seemed to lack the nice movement between windows. It seemed harder to find something if they were stacked then it was to simply click in on the taskbar, but thats one of the reasons I want to try it is so I can see how it flows.

Hey I would love to try the beta. It looks interesting and I want to explore new ways of interacting with the computer which is in the end a tool to make tasks more efficient right? I would love to see how Windows could be made more efficient like Mac OS X and Expose and Spaces.

Its been interesting following the “3d desktop” grow and evolve. I remember struggling to get Suns Project Looking Glass running, then seeing Compiz, and now this. Can’t wait to see where we go from here.

it was this 3d world it was your desktop but they took it and stretch it all the way around anyway yeah it would be great to get bumptop i saw this awhile ago online.

It’s amazing to me that no one has designed an intuitive GUI to organize documents. Windows Explorer is pathetic and only marginally improved in Vista. Even the Finder in MacOS isn’t the most elegant or intuitive work that the Apple UI designers have produced (I hope Snow Leopard helps, given the rumors it’s being Cocoa-fied).

But back to this thread — the Big Question is whether Bumptop and similar breakthrough GUIs eliminate the need to re-invent the file browser altogether?

I’ve been waiting for something like this for a LONG time. My normal desktop is chaotic in a very immaculate way… people gasp, but I know where EVERYTHING is and it works. I would absolutely love my computers desktop to be the same way… believe it or not, it would really streamline my workflow probably.

This seems like a idea that alot of people have had and he was the one who made a move on it. Just hearing about this is awesome. Now the only thing I can think of to make it more real is touch, and I mean if you have lets say a tablet or HP Touchsmart Pc You have like the realest thing right there. All I know for sure is that this is going to be awesome when it comes out.

This “bumptop” has amazing potential and seems very innovating. This would probably increase my productivity. I’m pretty sure it will increase some peoples productivity, and others, it won’t.

It looks very interesting! I would love to try this. My only fear is that my computer desktop would end up looking like my real desk!!!

Bumptop looks like a really nifty program, I thought I saw something like this before but I can’t remember the name. At the moment I use ‘rocketdock’ to sort some of my icons and most of this is only the stuff that I use for my coding. The rest is all found in the Start Menu or Search function in Vista. I would love to try out Bumptop.

Regards,
Olrik

I’m glad they are finally thinking outside of the traditional desktop, as in just icons in front of a wallpaper. Now a days, if you are going to be using something like Bumptop you most likely have a computer that is good enough to run something along this nature. I liked the dreamscene thing, with the moving desktops, and this is nice and interactive, could def see liking this if I had a touchscreen,

Please add me to the list of those who would like to try Bumptop beta. As a teacher, I believe this will provide additional organization for my classroom computer.

I think this is a very interesting concept! I’d love to use this on my Mac, as well as my Windows partition. I’d love to try this out for myself and see what it is like. This program has great potential. I’d love a code for this program, I really do want to see this concept for myself.

It makes me happy to see that new things like this continue to be created that are so unique for an OS that’s almost 8 years old. I believe it’s always good to get the most out of computers, and although I have the Windows Vista software sitting next to my computer, I still use XP for this reason as well as for the obvious reason.

Oh and by the way, the GoToMeeting idea you came up with is a cool one!

I did try an old beta of Bumptop and it was exicting to try on. It will blend in with the usage of a home pc or a personal laptop. Looking fwd to get acess to the updates.
Wish u guys the best for bumptop and

and ROCKING XMAS AND AWSME NEW YEAR :)

I am always up for new utilities and this one will help me get organized. :)
If you cannot have a little fun with technology than what is the point?
Great work here Chris and Mark.

That looks really cool! It seems the more digital technology progresses, the more like “analog” it gets. We want to stay organized by using today’s digital technology, but have the same old experience as having a hard copy. Apple recently filed a patent for a 3D desktop sort of design. If that is ever released, I would like to see how it compares to this solution. I can’t say I see this as going main stream, but I would defiantly like to give it a look and see how it performs. You never know- i may turn out loving it!

This Bumptop program actually looks amazing. I think I have seen something like this before. The ability to stack things and put them on walls is just Genius!

I think this looks like a great and new way to use your desktop! I love how you can stack windows on top of each other that will be nice because I like many other people have a lot of icons on my desktop so that is nice to clean it up! What are my thoughts? Well I think it is going to be a great bit of software that will let you organize and manage your desktop better! I can’t wait for it to come out and I’d love to be a beta tester! Looks pretty great! Can’t wait to use it!

iAustin from Geeks!

BumpTop is a fresh and engaging new way to interact with your computer desktop. I would love to have access to this software!
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This is awesome (sorry if that sounds insipid, but I like it) I’ve been trying for years to get something that would allow me to muss up my desktop just like the one in my office. Unlike Michelle, I am actually hoping to get my desktop to look like my desk, this way I can hide the stuff I don’t really want people to see, right in playing site. Awesome. Looking forward to getting a chance to muddy things up..

I remember seeing the initial BumpTop video on youTube around when the MS Surface demos started to do the rounds…. I thought then that BumpTop seemed to be a really cool way to interact with a desktop … with a mouse or with a complete touch experience.

I’d love to try BumpTop to see if it makes the “desktop” metaphor any more real and usable… and maybe one day get to use it on a full touch device – Win7 or Surface ;)

This is interesting.
I think this be very cool to have. Be neat to see how messy and or clean ones desktop would be if it was sitting on a real life desk. I know my desk from time to time can be a bit messy though I keep it clean my desktop is clean or I think its clean. But still would be cool to see just how it would look and to get away from the old boring click and drop way of doing things.
I cant wait till this comes out and try it myself.

This little piece of software only goes to show you that the era of natural computing is ever-so imminent! We will be able to break free from the limits of our keyboards and mice, and we will actually be able to touch the software and it will respond like a human being. I simply cannot wait for this to become mainstream. It’s going to be fantastic!!!

I love this new way of spicing up the old destop and I know this is the future.Please send me a code Thanks!!!!!!

Bumptop is relly cool, with the mouse jestures and 3D like interface make it really fun to play with.
Would be better if you can play with the program by using hand jestures, of wait that was Camspace. Someone should make camspace to work with Bumptop.

http://geeks.pirillo.com/profile/Kevinc
http://www.youtube.com/kevoc2008

Been hearing about the software and have seen what it can do.
One person demostrated the uses of it and i was impressed :O

He was using a touchscreen and it was really neat.
You could pile up programs just by circling your hand around it!
Its like a desktop of blocks or something and you can push them around and kinda have fun lol.
I wanna see it in action on my own Desktop! :O

Hi, Chris! I did tried the Bumptop alike software before, Real Desktop. But the experience is not good enough. So I would like to try the Bumptop beta for windows and compare both softwares.

I think that for organized people this kind of software may very well be surplus to requirements. That being said, there are plenty of people like me who use there desktop as a private place to hide their disorganization. It much easier to get away with a messy desktop than a real life messy….errm, desktop.
http://screencast.com/t/szDWZsAoVs

I would definitely love to try this new utility, it seems really cool and will make more interactive user experience.

Is this a separate product or some utility that would come bundled with Windows Seven or an addition to new Vista service pack?

Hi Chris, thanks for sharing this, i’m willing to try out anything that would help me organize my files, and important tasks, please include me.
Wishing you all a fun weekend.

Looks like a great product,I hope to win. This seems like a great app for me bexause I awalys have many destop icons. Can’t wait till final realese!!!! Love your bids chris, eric

Subscribed to both the channels.

Coming back to the bumptop app., although this concept is not new, they have a fortunate oppurtunity to develop it with Windows 7 Multi Touch in mind.

Why i would like to have this app is because i would love to get a multi-touch enabled Windows 7 laptop next year, and then, using this app would be something to talk about. Being able to control my desktop, as it if is my study table, would be simply an over the top experience!!

This is actually a nice idea, I personally have a hard time finding things on my desktop, (its WAY too messy.) I’ve seen videos demonstrating this program and signed up for the beta…..still haven”t received a code….

This is probably going to be a nice product for those people who, like me, like things to be a bit more organized then just static icons that are in boring little rows.

From what I saw, Bumptop is amazing. This is the kind of software that will allow us to advance past the standard two-dimensional point-click gui interface we’ve been using for decades. I’m excited to see how Bumptop will progress. I also can not wait to see other innovative applications like Bumptop to appear.

Wow. This is something I could use. A nice change from Real Desktop with some of the similarities. If the beta can do just this, I can’t wait to see what new features will come from Bumptop in the future.

This looks prety cool. Is it coming out for Mac, that would be great if it did!

I don’t do contests with too many stipulations… However I will probably try the Bumptop program when it’s out of beta. I use NextStart etc. right now, I think I bought it from a discount offer in your newsletter. It’s ultra handy.

Guess that’s not very geeky but I depend on this computer too much to be doing Betas.

This looks like a great program!
For years, my computer’s desktop has been cluttered…
Not only does this create more organization, but it visually looks great!
It even looks realistic, like cleaning a room.
This can push 2d to 3d desktops in the future.
Bumptop has great potential, and I am sure they will improve their program even more.

This is pretty cool.
I really hope it runs properly in VMWare (A lot of 3D things don’t).

I wonder, what is this coded in? (Not OpenGL, I mean like C++ Or VisualBasic.net…)

Interesting and worth testing out.

looks nice, some of the ideas i have wanted to have before. but this seems over the top and may not be so practical to have running. i do love desktop enhancements, one of my favorite is rocket dock (like the objectdock mentioned in the video), so this defiantly looks interesting, and id love to give it a try.

looks cool, but not sure that it would work well unless I was using a pen tablet.

This seems like a interesting program, makes you feel like youre at work.

But what I dont get is why they didnt come up with this sooner.

Excellent find Chris

djGRYPH out!

I can’t wait till the mac version comes out. It will look cool on OS 10!!! I hope i get one of the 100 beta thingers….

This is truly an amazing piece of software that will change the way we view and use a desktop indefinitely. We are so used to the linear style of the desktop we normally overlook it opting for the other interfaces within the PC this will surely allow me to appreciate the desktop more.

Chris I subscribed to both youtube channels as you said

I think there comes a point when you stop being able to make thinks more useful or time saving and still look really good. Some of the software you get nowadays is extremely cool, but actually isn’t worth it for everyday work. However, I think BumpTop got the balance just right. :D good going guys!

This sounds like a fun and useful app. I was wondering if it might be very useful for elders who might have problem with smaller icons?

Hey Chris so I got an Email about this post and I was like whats the …. is Bumptop I had never heard of it so I just had to check it out I’ve used like those 3d cubes in windows before I thought it was cool but it was way to buggy so I would love to get the chance to test bumptop out through you and if I don’t then I’ll just sign up the regular way and wait I’ll ttyl

Peace!

Ely Aka TheCoolDude1230

I have the beta. Installed the application, rebooted, attempted to start…. and this application completely froze my computer. Hard freeze. Minnesota January kind of freeze.

No log files are generated because of the lock up. No Event Viewer logs. Nothing.

Also, the un-install fails and attempting to reinstall to check for anything needing a repair, well that doesn’t work either.

Since the application adds itself to startup, I had to go into Safe Mode and remove/uncheck the entry from the StartUp tab in msconfig.

I have posted to the BumpTop wiki/forums for any support of suggestion. Nothing has come yet.

I will be trying this on a virtual XP machine just to be sure this doesn’t have something to do with the original install.

That looks like fun. It would be cool to show my friends that and get them all hyped up about it and then tell them they have to wait 5 months to get it! I love the stacking… thats just awesome! Why haven’t I heard of this before now? well best of luck to all!

Andrew

awesome! i tryed to be a tester for windows 7, but i hadnt been a member long enough. maybe it will end the vista crysis?(yeah right lol)

This sounds very cool, I would love to check it out!!

This bubptop program looks like it would be nice to own, but how practical is it?

I mean, it looks neat but eventually, will one adopt better to it’s interfaces than the standard default?

I have been signed up for the beta for about a month. I think that is kind of ridicules that they make you wait five months. I can not wait for the mac version though. They are supposed to be working on a linux version as well. This would go great with linux.

hey chris bumb top looks like a great application for organizing many files on a desktop if you are someone with a clean desktop then it probably isnt the best option for you. next we are unable to subscribe to tornado65 because he has no video on his account.

I think it would be great for work considering I access many files with various extensions. I don’t know how well it will work with files not located locally, though. If I have to create shortcuts to use bumptop effectively I’d rather not deal with the headache of managing it all.

seems like it would be a good addition to my spare windows pc, i just couldn’t instantly snap into using this right away. it would take me a while to get fully used to it :/

Subscribed to lockergnome since last year, Just subbed to Marc. A 3D Interface would be great on any operating system.I don’t know if it will be useful though. So far, I see so many people use Vista and hey don’t even know that they have a flip 3D feature. I hardly use it. I don’t know if Bumptop will be useful. But I am willing to try it. Just hope I among the 100 chosen. I guess Betas aren’t so bad, unlike IE8 Beta. I had to reformat my HD to remove it. Never get IE8. However, the Google Chrome beta was awesome. I hope Bumptop will be a pleasure to beta test. As Marc said, it should be in other OSes besides Windows soon.

Wow, I saw this a long time ago but I thought it had already been released :/
They must have done a lot of things to it since then so I wouldn’t mind checking it out

Hey,
This looks like a good product for all geeks!!! I checked out the site and it looks amazing!! I really want it, but does it really take months to get the beta? Well, laters

Eric

Great offer and very cool peek at a useful beta software, I hope I”m in for the beta giveaway. Happy holidays geeks

I am currently a college student, and i have loaaddsss of stuff on my desktop ranging from games to class work.
With the use of bumptop, I have no doubt that things will be more organized and refreshing. I put some stuff in folders, but i just till have wayy too much stuff, and sometimes hate having to click through folders, so i usually just end up leaving them on the desktop for quick access.
Can’t wait to try it! I just hope that it doesnt require a lot of resources, ’cause i would hate having to browse through my desktop at 20 fps…

Chris, I am interested in a more free flowing organizational tool. Since there are already 112 comments, it may not happen now. Your perseverance reminds me of the various people mentioned in the new book Outliers. I am always very impressed with your fantastic use of opportunity.

BTW, thanks to Marc Billow for suggesting this desktop application. He is another Outlier. I have always been fascinated with the outliers.

This looks like it would be really cool and I am excited to play around with it. Does this have the ability to have more than one “desk” area at a time. For example could I work on one than slide over to one that was previously out of site? That would be a feature I would like to have.

the whole idea of having a desktop like workspace on your pc is quite ingenious, really their should be a whole operating system which revolves around this technique of processing files and documents, I love it!

2 words AWE-SOME! lol

Well this certainly looks like an innovative idea, in my opinion it would make file manipulation much easier though I hear that apple are making a 3D desktop for use in future machines.

I love this…
Its similar to the fun stuff you can do on the Linux desktop and downloading beryl =]
Id realyy like a free thingy for bumptop!
x

That kinda looks what they are planning on doing with a new mac OS or upgrade. I know they had some drawn out plans for it here:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/11/apple_working_on_3d_mac_os_x_user_interface_images.html

Chris Pirillo:
I have toured both yours and Marc’s channel and i find both quite interesting,as well as your website. I think that it is quite intiutive. I saw your offer pertaining to the Bumptop invite and would be interested in acquiring one if there are any still available. Thank you.

i do promotions and ive got a look at bumptop and i would like to try it and see what it is all about so please pic me to try it out thanks. wo you later.

Line!

(looks at script) Oh, “E Ya later!”

LOL

Basically this looks like a mashup between all the OS X goodness, and compiz fusion, so prevalent notably via the Ubuntu distro of Linux.

I would like to try this out, but I fear my nvidia with shared video memory laptop won’t run this that well. Who knows maybe it’ll have some voodoo to work great. Tech voodoo is good… not actual voodoo though… the interweb should have some sort of ramble detection feature and anti-voodoo software. Not anti-software voodoo… but anti-voodoo software… Ahh! Here it goes.

I would love to beta this. I have tried sphere before and used it for about 6 months. I think this would be a really neat utility to use and would love to give some feedback on the way it runs and how it would affect the most important thing of all, the end user.

i would like to have a beta key because the vista gui is too slow for this laptop and it would be a real help and this would really come in handy and keeping my programs files and my icons all tidy so this software would be good who wants a good clean looking desktop

Cool app. I like that its like a physics game where you can throw things around and put them on a wall. I want this app so bad and im sorry about my poor english

I’ve used this program before and I like it. But sadly I will be having to redo my computer and will lose the one time install for the code and will need a new code. So here’s hoping i win and merry Christmas to everyone.

so how would you have to start it up is it like a program or does run like a dual os looking thing?

One of my favorite features of bump top is the “Bump Folder.” This will index what is inside a folder on your desktop, and will pile them, even though they are not on your desktop. When you double click, it will expand in a grid, like a regular pile.

Another cool thing about this is the pinups on the sides. It definitely makes the desktop more “personal.” You can add music playlist shortcuts and pin them up, to keep them accessible.

One thing I would like to have it dual monitor support. Currently if you have 2 or more monitors, the bumptop app only resides on the primary monitor, with all the other monitors remain with the old non-bumptoppy desktop.

Bumptop is perfect for users with arthritis. “Drag and sweep” is far easier than clicking when fingers are stiff.

One problem I deal with on a daily basis, after a traumatic brain injury, is in layman’s terms: “out of sight, out of mind”. For example, I have my food on shelves in a closet so that it is all together or I would forget I have the food (I usually don’t remember to look elsewhere). You can imagine what I go through trying to find folders and applications on my computer. I forget which icons I choose for a folder, so I stick to words, but then I am overwhelmed by that …

Anyway, from what I have seen, Bumptop could possibly be a tool that will change “out of sight, out of mind” into “in my sight, in my mind” … and perhaps drastically reduce the time I waste trying to find files and applications.

Thanks for sharing this. I might not have found it on my own (lol).

Hi,

I would like access to Bumptop. I have a tablet pc and bumptop seems a perfect complement to the tablet form factor with its gestures etc.

Hope you still have access codes to hand out.

Thanks,
Ani

Thankyou so much everyone! Can’t wait to get it!

really wanna try this out for myself. good to see that people are trying to innovate on what was said to be just “good enough” for so long.

This looks really nice, im guessing it works with xp. just hope i get it now :) I’ve always wanted to beta test software that was exclusive, but i cant sign up to windows connect until i get my own computer. Which hopefully will be soon,

BumpTop. I’ve seen the videos in multiple sources and was fascinated by the simplicity of use. The challenges of cross platform integration while using minimal memory sources will decide the outcome.
Wishing you all succes in this great application.

So Bumptop.. saw this sensation on ted.com, where i am a regular viewer, when i saw its going beta but for limited people… i am really disappointed…

but let me try out bumptop in windows 7 beta and would give a review in it??
what ya say?

I cant wait to see if i can try this on my vista 64 bit ausu. Looks like a fun program to use and not that plane desktop.

Please give me a code i have subscribed to your channel and mark’s channel. BTW. for every one the CAN’T SUBSCRIBE his channel name is tornados65 not tornado65(add an S).