To follow up on what I spoke about previously concerning new paradigms in destop environments, the guys over at TheMacMind have written an excellent editorial outlining the problems with the file browser type navigation and how using a spatial methodology is more effective.

They then go into detail on how this new methodology (currently implmented in Gnome 2.6) can lead to new types of ways users interact with their computer.

Related posts:

Looking at the New Gnome 2.6
The TactaPad: Immersive Interaction
Gnome Developers are Interface Nazis
Very Dynamic Web Interfaces
Ubuntu 7.10 officially released

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