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Re: Software galaxies

#11

Post by zbendefy » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:09 AM UTC

omoikane wrote: post #9

This looks very nice, but a 2D visualization might have been more practical. For example, the fact that the dot size represents the total number of dependents is obscured by the fact that the dot sizes are also a function of camera distance.

Reminds me of the 3D file browser user interface in Jurassic Park, which was an actual application. Looks cool but its not good to use (I mean the 3d file browser, not this software galaxies, which i found quite good).

3D interfaces rarely plan out, wonder if something like a vision pro or quest could make a 3D user interface work better than a 2D counterpart.

Re: Software galaxies

#12

Post by artpar » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:10 AM UTC

marapuru wrote: post #4

Interesting and very cool! But since navigating around is not easy, would it be an idea to implement a game like controller that allows you to move around? Current controls are not working so well.

seems to be done in the same way, but the parameters are off. aswd (camera angle) + arrow keys(panning) works nicely when zoomed out but very sensitive when zoomed in.

Re: Software galaxies

#13

Post by mdtrooper » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:18 AM UTC

I love these kind of things: - https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource : generate a beautiful and organic videos from git repositorios. - https://code.google.com/archive/p/codeswarm/ : similar to Gource . - https://skyline.github.com : it is dead, like as Atom .

Re: Software galaxies

#14

Post by FrostKiwi » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:24 AM UTC

mdtrooper wrote: post #13

I love these kind of things: - https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource : generate a beautiful and organic videos from git repositorios. - https://code.google.com/archive/p/codeswarm/ : similar to Gource . - https://skyline.github.com : it is dead, like as Atom .

Hell yeah. In our department we setup Gource to render out a video every midnight and pimped it out with a bunch of overlays and profile pics to show project progress and to visualize who worked on what. Shown endlessly looping on an iPad in front of the department, so no contributions are forgotten, especially the ones by interns who participated only a short while.

Re: Software galaxies

#15

Post by aphrax » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:24 AM UTC

zbendefy wrote: post #11

omoikane wrote: post #9

This looks very nice, but a 2D visualization might have been more practical. For example, the fact that the dot size represents the total number of dependents is obscured by the fact that the dot sizes are also a function of camera distance.

Reminds me of the 3D file browser user interface in Jurassic Park, which was an actual application. Looks cool but its not good to use (I mean the 3d file browser, not this software galaxies, which i found quite good). 3D interfaces rarely plan out, wonder if something like a vision pro or quest could make a 3D user interface work better than a 2D counterpart.

IIRC it was an SGI application - very cool but not terribly practical!

Re: Software galaxies

#16

Post by theoa » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:48 AM UTC

Wonderful!

Want more.

Every blob displays its icon

Mouseover over displays much more stuff

Right-click: the world is your oyster

Ctrl-click: make a group, etc, much much more

Ultimately: create 3D bash/OS/

Re: Software galaxies

#17

Post by surfingdino » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:49 AM UTC

aphrax wrote: post #15

zbendefy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of the 3D file browser user interface in Jurassic Park, which was an actual application. Looks cool but its not good to use (I mean the 3d file browser, not this software galaxies, which i found quite good). 3D interfaces rarely plan out, wonder if something like a vision pro or quest could make a 3D user interface work better than a 2D counterpart.

IIRC it was an SGI application - very cool but not terribly practical!

To be fair, it was all new back then and people were playing with ideas, so a 3d file browser seemed like a cool idea. A bit like the metal roller on the Paris Metro ticket machines https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9SjBfRA3YzA

Re: Software galaxies

#18

Post by peteforde » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:51 AM UTC

I'm a bit confused by the Rubygems visualization. Many popular gems appear to be missing, and the role of Rails in the ecosystem is something you could miss if you weren't explicitly looking for it.

Cool viz, just not 100% clear what I'm looking at.

Re: Software galaxies

#19

Post by grimgrin » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:52 AM UTC

aphrax wrote: post #15

zbendefy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of the 3D file browser user interface in Jurassic Park, which was an actual application. Looks cool but its not good to use (I mean the 3d file browser, not this software galaxies, which i found quite good). 3D interfaces rarely plan out, wonder if something like a vision pro or quest could make a 3D user interface work better than a 2D counterpart.

IIRC it was an SGI application - very cool but not terribly practical!

Looks like it's "File System Navigator" or fsn (fusion)

https://web.archive.org/web/20160416092919/https://en.wikipe...

Since removed, but still mentioned here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface#In_sc...

Re: Software galaxies

#20

Post by pyeri » Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 6:54 AM UTC

Off topic, I still couldn't find an easy or seamless way to search GitHub repos by keywords (repo name, coding language, etc) and have them order by most stars descending.