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| SpaceTime 3D | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Eddie Bakhash |
| Developers | SpaceTime 3D, Inc. |
| Initial release | June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04) |
| Preview release | |
| Operating system | Windows 2000/XPVista/ |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows |
SpaceTime[n 2] (also known asSpaceTime3D) was a3D graphical user interface that displayed web pages in a 3d tabbed stack. When usingsearch engines such asGoogle, for example, SpaceTime loads the first ten results as a stack of pages.[1][2][3]
SpaceTime product debuted in beta on June 4, 2007. On the day of the release, theSan Jose Mercury News noted that the software was "the most advanced 3-D navigation system I've seen",[4] whileTechCrunch commented that SpaceTime is "pure eye candy, sort of likeSecond Life meetsFirefox."[5]
The technology was later presented at the 2008 CES tradeshow.[6][7]
The beta browser received mixed reviews. Katherine Boehret ofThe Wall Street Journal stated that "though I’ll still rely onGoogle for basic searches,visual search can save time and turn searching into a fun process."[8] Jack M. Germain, ofTechNewsWorld described how "SpaceTime delivers on its promise to save me time and provide a revolutionary online searching too" stating that "while I continue to use the 3-D searching environment, though, I am having more fun than I should at work."[9] Edward N. Albro ofPCWorld gave the beta browser a 2.5/5 stating that while its "visual results can make searches easier", that "for basic browsing, SpaceTime has no appeal" and that the browser was too "buggy and slow for basic browsing".[10]