Video: BumpTop 1.2 with multitouch support available now
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted October 1st 2009 2:44PM
posted October 1st 2009 2:44PM
BumpTop 1.2 is now available, adding multitouch support to the already impressive list of features available for the 3D desktop. Check out the free download and you'll soon be introduced to a host of new gestures, including the scrunch (where you can grab a handful of items and pull 'em into a pile), wall focus and rotate, and some quick and easy photo editing. As always, you can download the free version to get started, but if you want to take advantage of stuff like un-watermarked image previews and unlimited sticky notes, you'll have to shell out $29 for the pro version. Sorry, Mac and Linux users -- this is still a Windows-only affair. But we do have a video for you! You know where to find it -- after the break, of course.
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Oh, and sometimes, I rotate my screen 180 degrees, so make sure the room adjusts as well.
Many of the people in the comments say they don't have much on their desktops (myself included), but we're on a gadget site ... so we're just one demographic. We know how to find things with a few clicks. There are many other people that might use this who aren't as tech/gadget savvy who need more visuals. My mom is one of them.
We're always looking for ways to improve BumpTop and make it easier to use. Your feedback is appreciated!
I don't keep any icons on my desktop... how does this help me in any way? :p
Also, the big red "X" to me is delete. I keep thinking you are deleting the group of icons it's associated with.
Sorry but i tried it a couple of years ago, then i uninstalled in less than 3 minutes.
Its looks fine but it is unusuable, is impractical and eat so much resources.
May be it can rules if you can add some extra value, may be to convert it in a game or other thing.
@ Andir3.0,
It's not a red X, it's a white X with a red circle.
It's similar to when you close Firefox or Explorer or Word or Photoshop or any other program in Windows.
It probably could be smaller, on the traditional top/right side and perhaps a different symbol to signify a minimize, but it doesn't mean Delete to me.
This is PAINFULLY dumb and useless
OH GOD FORBID 10 CLICKS TO EMAIL A PIC
The first thing I do after installing Windows is disable icons on the desktop, which then basically serves a singular purpose of having a nice-looking wallpaper. The entire metaphor of a "desktop" cultivates disorganization. So a tool that improves the "desktop" experience for me isn't worth a whole lot.
This reminds me of decorating in Oblivion.
I don't need a mess on my computer's desktop too, thanks.
Dang! Congrats to the Dev. Team. I wouldn't say 30 years of desktop changes as the advertisement, but more like 13 years (Windows '95); or Windows 3/4. I bought a mac and was shipped but BumpTop is a good program. I don't know about this mac purchase I made....zzz.
great now we'll get the bluescreen in 3d ...
Well, if you had this available on the Mac, then it would bring the total number of useful apps up to 1.
windowsftw: yeah man you're so smart..i guess it's still not so usefull like your solitaire and pinball game on your windows which you'll be able to play in 3d soon (great for you!!)
Actually I prefer using my ordinary computer desktop to organize my files. Why would I want to go back to the mess on my desk?
Nice idea, maybe is great on a multi-touch table device (like the Surface) but I don't see it as practical for an ordinary computer user.
Wow, that looks really stupid.
Does anyone know if this works well on Vista?
BumpTop runs on XP, Vista and 7 (RTM) in 32-bit and 64-bit. =)
i realized i don't even use the programs menu in windows 7 anymore. nor the control panel
just the superbar and search
In future versions of this, added to the virtual desktop, I would like to have a virtual computer on the desktop. So I can organize all of my photos on my desktop, then do some other tasks on my computer with a 2-d OS or also a virtual desktop environment. It'd also be cool if I could control a 3-d model of myself using a touchscreen, to use the virtual computer that is on the virtual desktop. I would like to be able to control 3-d models of myself controlling computers on 3-d virtual desktops, at least 10 times over.
Here, I just did this for this:
http://nothinggg.com/misc/virtual_desktop.gif
BumpTop. As much a useless piece of crap as this comment.
But really. Useless (if pretty) piece of crap.
I think this application would be awesome if you had, say, a small mini atx style computer connected to a small touch screen monitor hung up in your living room that could control your media played through the dvd player, movies played through television, or possibly even use it to control your thermostat, lights, ceiling fan. All that junk. It could be pretty awesome to come home at night, open your door, go straight to a small monitor on your wall and press a button to turn on all your lights and AC. Plus, it would look really impressive to company to navigate all your music by touch screen. Very minority report-ish.
I know they have remotes and junk that already do that via touch screen. But, this would look a lot cooler and be more customizable and future proof than a remote or interface with proprietary software could ever be.