After a long time in development, BumpTop, a 3D Desktop environment, has finally launched.

I always considered BumpTop to be a bit of a gimmick, but it's wonderful to see some innovation that tries to improve the aging Desktop metaphor.

Experience Solutions post a good overview of common reasons that result in poor usability.

Good read on the design goals and process of Aero Snap, one of the most interesting interaction innovations for the upcoming Windows 7.

Aza Raskin explains a concept for new tabs in Mozilla's web browsers.

Opera Labs introduced Fingertouch, "a technology designed to make interacting with the Web easier and simpler on these touch-based devices. Fingertouch provides visual feedback when you hit a Web link, and assists you when you come across multiple links or other selectable elements in close proximity to one another."