Refined Model:
I started doing a little more work on this and had some realizations.
a)You just can't fit entire hard drives into visual form it is literally way too big.
b)A program that kept even a smaller % of the data mapped would use up computer resources, memory and processor. This isn't good when thinking about computer efficiency it would suck back battery power, and energy.
c)A large map would require too much learning in order to use it efficiently.
d)too many conflicts with operating systems and their programs that already make songs and pictures easily organized
e)I can't see companies liking the idea of a software program taking over their operating system like a virus, so that users no longer experience that operating system as it was intended.
So.. thinking about it... It seems much better off for this program to be used differently than earlier considered.
Instead of it mapping the hard drive, I think the navigation concept would be better suited as a tool where you could add arms, and link them to folders, games, pictures, files, songs, websites, programs, tasks. Using your own creativity you could create an arm move it where you want, pick a color for it, and link it to what you want.
At this point I refer to the program as Nerve (because it is an entity that evolves and adapts to your needs) and when the entity as a whole referred to as a nerve cell.
In these images you can see that at the center their are 4 small buttons, each one loads a specific nerve cell. Example,One for websites, one for hardrive C, another for a computer on the network. Then I created a hypothetical nerve cell that someone might design for the use on their computer. Each arm leads to a button which the user could move to any location they preferred. The button when clicked would open the destination where it is linked (like 11:11 website, your favourite playlist of songs, whatever).
The entire program itself could be an adjustable floating window that minimizes to the tool bar, next to the clock if desired.
You design your own nerve so you know exactly what does what and it cuts down on the learning curve dramatically. It also manages to offer the same time saving means, and this more simplistic form would use almost no computer resources.
So really, this revised idea turns it into a: Customizable Favorites Mapping, Navigation and Access Tool.
older idea
I've been working on a tiny project recently.
The idea is a software program that installs onto an operating system, and after performing a system scan, provides the ability to interact with the computer in a way not typically possible.
This software concept is to provide the ability to use, direction, shape, color, size, and even texture to aid a computer user's efficiency.
I have included some images. What they illustrate is the basic concept in a very simple visual form. It is the theoretical image you would see on your screen when you enable the program in place of your normal desktop. But, it would not just be an image, it would be an interactive peice of visual software. You click on a "circle" (buttons) and it zooms to a comfortable view, and, the previously faded buttons (we see in the images) extending outward are able to be read. As the view is zoomed, more detail in the extending web of data on the hard drive is pulled into view.
For example, say you navigated into the music button, by clicking on music, then you see a series of buttons, "country" "metal" "rock". You click on rock and opens a series of buttons of artists, then you open that and another button showing a song is zoomed into view. Now lets say you want to take that song and put it in your Movie folder aswell. You take the mouse and drag it back in the direction of the "center", and the program zooms out for you at a comfortable speed untill you are back at the main view, and you simply "drop" the song into "movies" and it is moved, just like you would do in windows, only, it requires way less time.
It is also visually comprehendable, and direction orientated. So Not only can you read where files are but you can develope a mental road map of where things are instantly and easily recall where to go to find something/ do something.
When working on a program like windows and doing a lot of file work trying to deal with hundreds of files your mind can get zombied out from so much of the SAME picture, the same color, the same everything, eventually it becomes very difficult to remember where things are very quickly, especially if you are trying to work and accomplish things quickly, as a job, or project.
At the bottom right of the image are a series of "other centers". I thought of calling them Cells myself, or possibly Nerves ( A good title for the software Nerve, or Cell). The other Cells at the bottom right could be "color coded custom cells". For example, you could click on one of the Cells at the bottom right that is in waiting for attention. It replaces the current larger one on the screen, and now you can navigate an entirely different computer on the network, or one could represent a shortcut just like on our desktops that brings "my documents" as the center hub. This cell cold be color coded "YELLOW" while it sits at the bottom right, with text attatched to it so that you know what it is for sure.
The overall concept is that you can acquire a visual representational map of the data on your hard drive, and to use that so that it is interactable as one giant cell, such that you can get your "hands" on any and all parts of the data at one time as opposed to flipping through endless virtual pages.
I think it adds more dimensions for us to interact with on the computer. A sort of new way to accomplish certain tasks.
Image 1:
Concept Diagram / Theoretical screenshot (not an accurate representation of concept)
Image 2:
Theoretical screenshot, performing action (not an accurate representation of concept)
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