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A bit off topic. I FUCKING HATE this new 3D navigation shit that some websites started doing. It's slow, it jumps through pages sometimes, it's absolutely not clear where you are.

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It's a really horrible interface for technical information. Used as a viewer for a handful of images might be bearable. But for describing a javascript implementation of a full-text search engine? No thanks. Give me black text on a white background and a couple of graphs.

New? This tacky crap has been around forever ;)

http://desk3d.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php

The difference is that it was kinda cool as a way to browse between desktops (and apps, to an extent.) But for browsing a stream of continuous information it sucks. There is no easy way to fast-forward/rewind to a specific point, etc.

Might work for a short presentation/tutorial form, which is what I think this site is trying to do.

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