Bit of a tangent at the end there... Anyways, you can play with the 3d underlay here.

https://orionreed.github.io/tldraw-3d/

I want a computing where what matters is a kind of connectivity, not "does it go fast" but "can it get there"

When a series of transformations or relations becomes widely used, it can develop into a more direct, 'optimal' path.

(7/n)

I think our computing environments should make available all the things which are (abstractly) valid constructions — pluralism, not a rote notion of efficiency.

In mathematics you can solve an "impossible" geometry problem by translating to topology where the answer may be trivial, then back again. It's not highways, it's a well-connected network of possible transformations.

Computers are poor at this, but they don't have to be.

(6/n)

The interesting thing is not "let's do everything in 3D" but instead noting that we can coordinate 3D space with a 2D environment. 3D doesn't mean FPS camera controls.

Perspective can communicate *some* information more effectively, so why not use it when that's the case?

(5/n)

Sidenote: There's some interesting work on "feedforward" mechanisms by Joseph Malloch, Wendy Mackay, and others in this paper https://inria.hal.science/hal-01614267/document

(4/n)