World Market Watch's 3D Mailbox is a peculiar idea-- it takes the regular email client and transforms it into a 3D world with avatars, representing the different types of email, hanging out in a glamorous house that looks more like the set of a reality TV show than anyone's inbox.
Funny thing is, the app populates the avatars based on certain characteristics of the incoming mail-- for example, whether a message is male or female depends on the sender's name. Locations like your trash bin or sent mail become areas for the avatars to hang out. Strangest of all, messages designated as spam become obese people with the word "SPAM" tattooed across their chests, and when deleted, they swim out into the nearby ocean where they get eaten by sharks.
Sounds bizarre, and apparently it doesn't work too well. In a screed on the app's home site, 3D Mailbox's creator proudly embraces its designation as "Worst. Software. Ever." Maybe there is a limit to the usability-- and practicality-- of the whole 3D-web concept!
[Via Webware]
Comments (3)
"3D Mailbox's creator proudly embraces its designation as "Worst. Software. Ever."
That's a misrepresentation of what I wrote if ever I saw one.
Write responsibly.
Posted by Robert Savage | July 20, 2007 5:09 PM
Posted on July 20, 2007 17:09
"I'm pleased to announce that I, Robert Savage, have created what some hacks are calling the worst software ever invented. To be able to beat adware, spyware, and malware to the bottom of the heap -- without being adware, spyware, or malware -- must take some special skills..."
Jesting or otherwise, you sound awful proud to me!
Posted by Leigh | July 20, 2007 9:08 PM
Posted on July 20, 2007 21:08
It is quite an achievement.
Posted by nectarine | July 21, 2007 1:19 AM
Posted on July 21, 2007 01:19