Basic Interface

The 3DOSX interface is a revolutionary new way to navigate your computer's hard drive in three dimensions.

One initially starts out on the desktop platter, a three dimensional representation of your OS X desktop. Folders and files are represented as icons sitting on a rotating platter and icons always stay the same easy-to-click-on size.

If the file you're trying to get to is not visible, you can easily rotate the platter by clicking on the platter and dragging it to the left or right. float click on an icon to either launch a program or a file's associated application, or to expand a folder. Each folder is represented as it's own platter -- this way it's easy to see all of your files at once.

You can click on platters in the background, this will cause the camera to move to the platter you clicked on, giving you a different viewpoint. Note that at all times, once can easily move to any platter via the platter menu, clicking on it will bring up a list of all currently opened platters.

Full keyboard navigation is supported -- you can move up and down through directories using the up and down arrow keys; you can also rotate the current platter using the right and left arrow keys.

It's easy to move and copy files around -- 3DOSX supports drag and drop, so you can simply click and drag an icon from one platter to another. Note that 3DOSX also has spring-loaded folders. Just click and drag a file over the folder you wish to open, hover the mouse there for a short period of time, and then the platter will be opened automatically.

Various file commands (including rename) can be accessed by right-clicking on files (or control-clicking), even more functions are accessible in the file menu.

For fun, you can activate screensaver mode by typing ⌥⌘S, note that it looks the best when many folders are open.