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3D-Space VFS is a fast, spectacular 3D file browser/launcher:

  • Rise above folders and get a much better view of your files and applications!
  • Simply click to open or launch any item.

3D-Space VFS gives you the speed of column browsers with the visual appeal and ease of use of icon views.

Its innovative use of 3D lets you cut through whole levels of nested folders, eliminating a lot of navigation so you can get to files and applications more easily and faster than ever before.

Features include:

  • 3D drawers that stand by along the edge of the screen, ready to be opened at any time with just a flick of the mouse.
  • Tabbed windows: set a tab to show your applications, add another for the desktop... you can have as many as you want.

And much more. Download 3D-Space VFS and start enjoying the benefits of tomorrow's user interface, on your Mac today!

WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.9.34:
  • Support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
  • Faster graphics.
  • Misc. fixes and improvements.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:Marc Moini
Downloads:20,982
  - Version d/l:1,832
Utilities:Desktop
License:Shareware
Date:09 Apr 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$29.00

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    Sep 24 2009

    PENNYHEAD1  DOA with Leopard  
    (Version 1.9.4)

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    Apr 9 2008
    ****.

    EASER  This current Leopard release shows that the product is being tended to. Remember, the developer is also busy with Smart Scroll, which a lot of people enjoy using. Given that this is probably the developer's primary product, I'm sure a lot of time and resources have to go into maintaining that.

    I know from conversations with the developer that some significant changes are being worked on for future versions of 3D-Space. The current version was sufficient for me to become interested.

    I've seen some reviews at other sites that tend to dismiss 3D-Space without genuine consideration. My two cents is that people have preferred styles of managing information. Some like Apple's Finder. Some like the terminal. Some prefer split-panes, such as ForkLift. Others like the customization of PathFinder.

    To say that any one product is bad or mere "eye candy" misses the mark. I prefer a visual representation of information, and 3D-Space provides a very useful way for me to process my data and information. Just because the approach does not work for some does not mean it does not work for others.   
    (Version 1.9.4)

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    Jul 29 2006

    JETFIREDX  I like to evaluate every release of this to see what is new. This version seems to have brought some nice speed improvements in the rendering of folders / icons with MANY images. I'd also like to thank the author for not limiting the evaluation time like others do...one request though? During the evaluation it is not possible to (or didn't seem to be immediately) to do any file / folder manipulation. Could this be enabled for say files of 10k or less and a limit to be able to move / copy / delete 10 folders per evaluation? How else could I decide if using 3D-Space VFS will be right for me or not?

    Some other visualizations would be nice too. The flat plane is okay, though to me nothing more than an extention of the same 2D space we work in everyday...just tilted. (Although silky smooth in movement now on my MacBook.) Could the individual folders be mapped to spheres, cubes, etc... that could be fully rotated around rather than just "flown over"?

    Thanks for the hard work on this and I look foward to playing with future releases.  
    (Version 1.9.1)

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    Feb 24 2007

    MIGUEL  I'm in agreement regarding the folder/file manipulation restrictions, I thought the software was handicapped and couldn't do it.

    I think it's essential to have full features in evaluation version if you don't wanna scare away potential users.  
    (Version 1.9.3)

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    Mar 26 2006

    MAC_CRAZY  Has any one heard of future updates for this software? Seems to be a really cool app but last update has been a while..  
    (Version 1.4.2)

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    Nov 20 2005
    ****½

    PENNYHEAD  I had to completely reinstall 10.4.3 and had a few problems getting 3D Space to work. The developer was very responsive in helping me to get it to work again. When the progam was not there for a few days, I relized how I have come to depend on it. It is a great application. You can put things in there that you do not access often and keep your regular dock tidy. This software has many features and I look forward to future incarnations.  
    (Version 1.4.2)

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    Jul 6 2005
    ***½.

    FLARCH  Love this thing, as far as it's gone.

    Some criticisms are valid about it being high on the eye-candy scale, but still needing more meat-&-potatoes functionality to be a serious finder/dock substitute.

    Having a 3D space take over the whole window was kind of disappointing.

    I was pleasantly surprised at how stable it was, though it was something of a resource hog.

    Far too cool to let drop. I'm anxious to see it mature!  
    (Version 1.3.1)

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    Jul 3 2005

    ANONYMOUS  I'd love this program if I could get rid of the dock icon.  
    (Version 1.3.1)

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    Jul 3 2005

    ANONYMOUS  I'd love this program if I could get rid of the dock icon.  
    (Version 1.3.1)

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    Jul 3 2005
    ***..

    ANONYMOUS  This app. seems unnecessarily complex to be a normal launcher (it has nonstandard launcher features such as spring-loading), but far to simple to be a Finder substitute. As a Dock substitute it seems unnecessarily confusing and requires an unusually steep learning curve, and I could spend all night making a list of fairly basic and necessary things the Finder can do and this can't (I'll mention a few, to give you an idea: inability to open multiple windows, to do such simple things as create duplicates, access any level deeper than the Home folder (except the computer's Application folder), access other mounted volumes, move files or folders up the nested-folder hierarchy as well as down it). So it's really neither fish nor fowl, and not very satisfactory in either capacity. It's really just another multiple dock implementation that's gotten a little big for its britches.   
    (Version 1.3.1)

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    Sep 20 2005

    ZIGGY  Try drag and drop with the option key to create duplicates.

    Do File:New Window to open new windows.

    The other things you mention are there too, check the help screen and/or preferences.  
    (Version 1.4.2)

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    Jul 2 2005

    ANONYMOUS  This app does what it says, but it simply isn't anything groundbreaking. The fact that you can rotate the camera and view your icons in a POV-type fashion is overshadowed by the fact that when the application has a real chance to shine with a 3D engine is completely wasted. I'm talking about navigation, here. Someone did a demo a few years ago with an actual 3D navigation app, where the folders were represented with circles and when you navigated, it branched, animated, and filled the folder you switched to all very fluidly. This application lacks any fluidity. I already have a Finder, and this application seems to be rather silly because it's really NOT all that different.  
    (Version 1.3.1)

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