Everyone is familiar with the metaphor of the “desktop”, referring to the main screen on one’s computer. This usually contains icons, shortcuts to programs, maybe some gadgets, and, if you’re very disorganized, a lot of individual files. However, a computer “desktop” and an actual top-of-a-desk are not very similar. Unless, that is, you install BumpTop, which makes the analogy much more appropriate.
Bumptop transforms your computer desktop into a highly customizable 3D desk environment, complete with walls for pinning notes, files that can be arranged into piles, gadgets for photos and web apps, and much more.
Here is a video highlighting some of the main features:
And another in which Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop in a TED talk:
If you have a touch-screen tablet, you can really interact with your desktop:
BumpTop is available in a free version as well as a pro version and works on both PC and Mac. It’s well worth checking out simply for the coolness factor, but it could also be quite useful for those who find it easier to be organized in 3D.
