- Quick specs
- Price: Free; Paid upgrade available
- Operating system: Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows 7, Windows XP 32-bit
- Date added: April 06, 2009
- Total Downloads: 299,774
- Downloads last week: 82,904
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 84 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on April 07, 2009
BumpTop replaces your desktop with a visual environment unlike any you've used. It's a bit like a futuristic gesture-based interface, but it's tied to your mouse. Were it capable of simultaneous Web browsing, its utility would be much more apparent.
BumpTop makes the items on your computer's desktop more like their real-world counterparts. Icons and folders are assigned a virtual weight based on the amount of memory they take up and their importance to you. You can move them by click-and-drag, or fling them across the BumpTop space. The program determines their importance based on how often you use them, but you can also alter that by hand. In a way, BumpTop takes the "Cover Flow" concept to the next level. Stack items to keep them organized, flip through them as you would a photo album, sprawl them across the desktop arbitrarily, or order them in staid grids. Circular wheel pie menus make options a mouse flick away, and the 3D "walls" make for fast posting to Facebook, e-mailing, and Twittering.
To alter a group of items, you lasso them--but you probably haven't used a lasso like this before. Unlike the square-edged standard Windows lasso, this one lets you select objects by drawing circles around them. Icons can be more scattered without it slowing your work flow because factors like angle, size changing, proximity, and icon flipping all impact on how you interact with your desktop. There's a built-in photo viewer, and although it doesn't allow for user interactions yet, the Safari and Chrome browsing engine WebKit is baked in, too.
If WebKit moves toward integrating browsing with your desktop in a customizable manner, and more gesture-based hardware support becomes commonplace, it could push how we use our computers into a whole new dimension.
Publisher's description
From BumpTop :BumpTop is a fun, intuitive, 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. It combines the look and feel of a real desk with the power of your PC. You can pile your files, flip through websites and toss your photos up to Twitter or Facebook quickly and easily, right from your desktop. Advanced search and sort capabilities make sure you can find your files when you need them. Personalize your desktop with custom themes, sticky notes and photo slideshows and turn your desktop into a useful, fun space instead of a graveyard of lost or forgotten files. An upgrade to Pro version will add such features as unlimited sticky notes and enhanced productivity and piling features.
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User reviews of BumpTop 1.0
- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 84 votes
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Version: BumpTop 1.0
Pros: Did not work properly
Cons: Did not work properly
Summary: Did not work properly
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: BumpTop 1.0
"Wicked awesome. Worth downloading 100%."
Pros: Amazing graphics, cool physics, 3D functionality, stacking, productive, widgets, automatic printing, USB key, flipping through items.
Cons: If you don't have a decent graphics driver, that could be a problem. I did not, however. experience any CPU lags or slowdowns, and my computer is an IBM ThinkPad. Very slow computer. Performance works great, though.
Summary: GREAT PRODUCT! Buy the pro, if you have extra money! Wait, no. BUY THE PRO EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY! Great, great, great!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: BumpTop 1.0
Pros: You can waste time by grabbing and flicking items, can pile up stuff, 3D looks awesome
Cons: You miss your old desktop, sometimes the graphics get to your head
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: BumpTop 1.0
"Interesting piece of s/ware BUT slows down the system"
Pros: Novel and innovative, easy to learn and use, and fun to experiment and learn , even for kids
Cons: Uses up a lot of memory to the extent it slows down the system till it is disabled
Summary: Would love to learn more uses of the same product and share as I get more familiar with the system. As of now I had to disable it at startup as it was getting my system memory eaten up in laps.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: BumpTop 1.0
Pros: fancy graphics, cool features, amazing new way to look at the desktop; easy to organize, more natural feel than a flat desktop
Cons: slow to load, could be graphics and CPU/RAM intensive on slower computers
Summary: One of the best desktop enhancing pieces of software I have ever used. I have never been exposed to any form of non-normal desktops, but I have used dock apps before, particularly RocketDock. I liked it, but it was just like having a flat desktop. T... read more >>
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