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   Theo to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: Eagle Mode -- A Zoomable User Interf   
   20 Oct 25 15:26:16   
   
   From: theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > The concept of a user interface where all user-manipulable objects exist   
   > in a single space (2D or 3D) where the user navigates by zooming in and   
   > out has been around as a research curiosity for many years, even decades   
   > now.   
   >   
   > Eagle Mode  is one   
   > implementation of such an idea. It goes back many years, but development   
   > still seems to be happening, if not at a great pace. It can apparently run   
   > on both Windows and Linux.   
   >   
   > There are static screenshots and also videos of the interface in action.   
      
   I remember a demo of something like that in ~1996, when 'VR' was all the   
   rage.   
      
   They're neat, but does anybody use them for actual work?   
      
   Theo   
      
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