SpaceTime (software)
{{Short description|3D web browser}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = SpaceTime 3D
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| author = Eddie Bakhash
| developer = SpaceTime 3D, Inc.
| released = {{Start date|2007|06|04}}
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| latest preview version = Release Client 1
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2010|06|10}} The latest preview date is taken from the digital signature of [http://www.spacetime.com/software/downloads/SpaceTime3D_Installer_RC1.exe SpaceTime3D_Installer_RC1] which was signed by SpaceTime3D on Thursday, June 10, 2010 9:39:01 AM with VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA.
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| operating system = Windows 2000/XPVista/
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| platform = Microsoft Windows
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SpaceTimeSpaceTime is trademarked by SpaceTime3D, Inc.: {{US trademark|78735286}} and is also patented by SpaceTime3D, Inc. : {{USPTO Patent|patnum=7,735,018}} (also known as SpaceTime3D) was a 3D graphical user interface that displayed web pages in a 3d tabbed stack. When using search engines such as Google, for example, SpaceTime loads the first ten results as a stack of pages.{{cite web|url=http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/06/04/spacetime-3d-its-not-your-daddys-web-browser/|title=SpaceTime 3D – It's not your daddy's web browser - TECH.BLORGE.com|last=Gardner|first=George|date=June 4, 2007|publisher=Tech.Blorge|access-date=5 November 2010}}{{cite web | url=http://www.spacetime.com/ | title=SpaceTime | access-date=2008-05-15 | archive-date=2008-05-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516005050/http://spacetime.com/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.techdigest.tv/2008/01/ces_2008_spacet.html|title=CES 2008: SpaceTime swizzy 3D web browser|last=Dredge|first=Stuart|date=January 7, 2008|publisher=TechDigest|access-date=5 November 2010}}
History
SpaceTime product debuted in beta on June 4, 2007. On the day of the release, the San Jose Mercury News noted that the software was "the most advanced 3-D navigation system I've seen",{{cite web | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_6056014 | title=Takahashi: Software allowing users to search web in 3-D still in infancy - Possibilities Will Soon Be Dizzying | date=2007-06-04 | work=San Jose Mercury News | access-date=2007-06-07}} while TechCrunch commented that SpaceTime is "pure eye candy, sort of like Second Life meets Firefox."{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/06/05/spacetime-3d-browser-eye-candy | title=SpaceTime: 3D Browser Eye Candy | date=2007-06-05 | publisher=TechCrunch | access-date=2007-06-07}}
The technology was later presented at the 2008 CES tradeshow.{{cite web|url=http://www.techdigest.tv/2008/01/ces_2008_the_50.html|title=CES 2008: The 50 Hottest Products at this year's show|last=Stuart|first=Dredge|date=January 14, 2008|publisher=TechDigest|access-date=5 November 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2008/01/08/spacetime-takes-web-browsing-3-dimensional|title=SpaceTime Takes Web Browsing 3 Dimensional|last=Meiners|first=Janet|date=January 8, 2008|publisher=WebProNews|access-date=5 November 2010}}
Reception
The beta browser received mixed reviews. Katherine Boehret of The Wall Street Journal stated that "though I’ll still rely on Google for basic searches, visual search can save time and turn searching into a fun process."{{cite web|url=http://solution.allthingsd.com/20080326/testing-souped-up-search-functions/|title=Testing Souped-Up Search Functions |last=Boehret|first=Katherine|date=March 26, 2008|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=10 November 2010}} Jack M. Germain, of TechNewsWorld 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."{{cite news|url=http://www.technewsworld.com/story/57733.html?wlc=1288970008|title=SpaceTime Browser Adds New Dimension to Search|last=M. Germain|first=Jack|date=8 June 2007 |publisher=TechNewsWorld|access-date=5 November 2010}} Edward N. Albro of PCWorld 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".{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/30288/review/spacetime.html|title=SpaceTime SpaceTime Browser Software Review - PCWorld|last=N. Albro|first=Edward|date=July 17, 2007|work=PC World|access-date=8 November 2010}}
See also
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External links
- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516005050/http://spacetime.com/ |date=2008-05-16 |title=Official site}}
- [http://spacetime3d.blogspot.com/ SpaceTime3D Blog]
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