Eagle Mode is an advanced solution for a futuristic style of man-machine communication in which the user can visit almost everything simply by zooming in. It has a professional file manager, file viewers and players for most of the common file types, a chess game, a 3D mines game, a multi-function clock and some fractal fun, all integrated in a virtual cosmos. Besides, that cosmos also provides a Linux kernel configurator in form of a kernel patch.
- Added auto mark option to emNetwalk
- Made audio and video player more persistent
- Added support for large files on most 32-bit systems
- Fixed crash on Windows
- Fixed failing of file manager commands by extended file name characters on Windows
- Worked around failure of select function on OpenSolaris
Reviewing 0.82.0 (Jun 22, 2011)
Yes it's ugly... That's not much of a review though as one should also mention something about using the software as well, not just that it's ugly.
The concept is old and interesting and this implementation actually works well, once you understand how to use this type of interface that is. Zooming in and out, scrolling and opening files all worked as intended.
If you ask me, this should be ported to a tablet or smartphone interface. This would be the perfect interface for those platforms provided they offer multi-touch. Pinch and zoom in or out etc... But such an interface would have to be graphically enhanced from this current one to appeal to the average person. Everyone just loves that eye candy you know.
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