topics in BumpTop

On BumpTop, there should be a feature that lets you pay a video without opening another window. With image files, you can see the image without opening it, and you should be able to do the same with movies. Having play and pause buttons on the video icon, along with pinning the file to the wall or center of the floor and enlarging it to watch without having to leave your desktop. I'd love to see this, or something along the lines of this when I get my Beta Invite. Thanks... sorry for my horrible grammar.

How about adding a 3D recycle bin icon, wherein we could throw our unused files?

I would love to see that in the app., that would make the whole thing appear more user friendly. :)

Regards,
Shikhar

What about actual 3 dimensional icons. The technology is there and you think of bumptop as a link to the real world desktop. But most people have several cluttered toys and trinkets that will enhance their work environment.

Imagine when the new spore game is out and they load one of their iconic characters as the "bumptop icon" but it moves around the desk or remains in one place and occasionally hops or just remains stationary like a doll.

Or for minesweep you could just make a 3D iconic landmine that if you allow the company to customize the loading animation, it explodes when you click on it.

Most of this is speculative and I realize is probably not going to be possible for the first release but hopefully will be implemented some time in the future.

I think that being able to throw files and stab them into a wall making them sort of metal sheet like for stop sign icons or having options such as engraving them or setting them to a property type from just paper to concrete or even a sort of plasma or liquid would be really creative and fun. A recycling bin that looks like a shredder or just a trash can would also be creative ideas.

I think it would be nice if we could name our piles.
I'm personally using piles to organize my icons by what they are (photos, folders, games, etc...), and I think it would be nice if I could attach a name to the piles to identify them as these categories to make them easy to find.

When you try to pin a pile to the wall it should create a 3D shelf where you can place this pile on

Maybe some eye candy gimmick for the future... more realistic than a fixing pin for many icons ;-)

Also changing the fixing pin to adhesive tape (Scotch® tape) would be nice

I think it would be great if BumpTop could display PDF and SWF previews in the 'Bump this Folder' view. I know this might be kinda hard to implement, but I think the feature would be awesome.

Hey Everybody,
Thanks again for all your excellent Beta feedback. We've gotten a bunch of things to improve and a ton of feature requests.

To help us keep track of these and let y'all contribute more we've setup a Digg-like site for this. Go ahead and vote up/down the existing feature ideas or contribute your own.
http://bumptop.com/vote

Following. Haven't get the beta yet... unfortunately :-(
But the new 3D Desktop looks like a room for me. Whats about adding a window to this room? Okay thats not a big feature BUT now show the current weather outside through this window. Voilà it's a awesome feature. :-) You should choose the weather and display of any location based on a big world wide weather page and not just the US weather. Furthermore you should, if you like to, add more windows to see different weather locations. But you should also see the location displayed under or above the windows.
By displaying the weather I mean if its rainy you see the rain or raindrops on the window. If its sunny you see the bright sun, and so on...

This idea cross some seconds my mind... what do you think about it?

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If you are not connected to the internet you see roller blinds or close-drawn curtains

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And if you want to see the current temperature you should be able to place a thermometer on one of the room walls.

Just 2 ideas... something like a gadget

I am wondering if Bumptop should consider choosing BETA testers by their computer experience, specifically if BumpTop is generating various errors at this time. Experienced users (such as myself) are more capable of dealing with, and reporting errors, and finding solutions. I don't think that inexperienced users should be blocked out of the picture, but, they may have more difficulties. How does the current selection process work?

Also, I really would like a more general idea about how many system resources BumpTop will end up taking up, as well as how windows for applications are handled.

I would like to say that I am VERY glad to see an employee on the public site forum, this isn't something that you see very often.

How is the BumpTop development getting along so far? Is it considered "stable"? How long should we expect to wait before a "Download Now!" Button is added to the site, without requirement of an invitation code? ("Not Long", I will admit, really doesn't say much at this time... a lot of people, such as myself, have waited nearly a year, sometimes longer, for BumpTop to be released publicly. I myself am quite disappointed at this time, but, continue to wait, since I understand that there are probably quite a few quirks to figure out. I understand that, with a small amount of BETA testers, its easier to manage the bug reports, and direct user help.)

Hi Anand, I know I conversed with you previously about a suggestion to pile icons by extension, but I have an additional suggestion for piling. I think it would be a good idea to not include certain desktop items such as "My Computer", "Recycle Bin", and "My Documents" (if they are on the desktop obviously". Maybe include an option to "exclude from Piles" If the Recycle Bin is not on the desktop, it makes it a little more difficult to delete files on the desktop (yeah, I know, we all have a delete key). Keep up the good work!