Well, Spotlight > LaunchBar. Much more. I mean, the UI is faintly similar, but how else would you do it? The Quicksilver does it, for instance, is very interesting, but a little too complex for average users.
As for Sun's Looking Glass demo -- I suppose you could call it a copy or homage to that cute idea... however with the difference that it's using a cute idea for something useful (a place for preferences for widgets which have no menu bars and minimal control sets) instead of a kinda pointless, not-too-well-thought-out idea (e.g. notes for web pages).
Really, Dashboard is the only out-and-out rip-off, IMO.
Looks like the photocopier works in both directions ;-)
Actually, Looking Glass has been done by grad students with the OpenGL bug for years as a programming exercise. Sun execs apparently thought it was new though, slapped a marketing term on it, and voila! Instant Inn-o-vation!
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Looks like the photocopier works in both directions ;-)
As for Sun's Looking Glass demo -- I suppose you could call it a copy or homage to that cute idea... however with the difference that it's using a cute idea for something useful (a place for preferences for widgets which have no menu bars and minimal control sets) instead of a kinda pointless, not-too-well-thought-out idea (e.g. notes for web pages).
Really, Dashboard is the only out-and-out rip-off, IMO.
Originally posted by pierr_alex
...and by the way, the DashBoard Flip Effect comes from SUN's Looking Glass.
Looks like the photocopier works in both directions ;-)
Actually, Looking Glass has been done by grad students with the OpenGL bug for years as a programming exercise. Sun execs apparently thought it was new though, slapped a marketing term on it, and voila! Instant Inn-o-vation!