The Book Wheel was an invention from the 16th century...

The Book Wheel was an invention from the 16th century for people that needed multiple tabs open before browsers were invented.

Like 3 15 Sep 2023 at 10:08 | Open on syzito.xyz

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@selzero

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15 Sep 2023 at 10:10 | Open on syzito.xyz

dbat :godot:

@selzero So cool. Here's a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrczS9G8nV0&t=93s

15 Sep 2023 at 11:52 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place

Kevin Hayes

@selzero Heh, could you imagine if browsers implemented tabs that way? 😁

15 Sep 2023 at 13:19 | Open on mastodon.social

Full Metal Archaeopteryx

@kevinbhayes
I'm morbidly curious as to what the pop-ups looked like
@selzero

15 Oct 2023 at 10:00 | Open on tech.lgbt

Martin Rocket

@kevinbhayes @selzero My guess would be that browsers internally implement it like that. It's just a historically (since the 16th century) grown code base. But the UI tries to hide that.

23 Oct 2023 at 15:11 | Open on det.social

flo

@Rocket @kevinbhayes @selzero
You can also take it to the next level, use that book wheel, but a laptop on each platform, each laptop has a browser with several open tabs

7 January at 13:40 | Open on hessen.social

Sandra Hoenle (she/her)

@selzero I love this. Where can I get one? ;)

15 Sep 2023 at 14:02 | Open on mastodon.social

Deniz Opal

@SHoenle

I think it involves some kind of pagan ritual with a virgin chicken and a high priestess.

15 Sep 2023 at 14:05 | Open on syzito.xyz

Ken Kemper

@selzero Been there, needed that.

15 Sep 2023 at 21:30 | Open on universeodon.com

Brian Enis ⬛🟧 [ACCOUNT]

@selzero this is what higher education does to people

16 Sep 2023 at 5:03 | Open on cawfee.club

gray

@selzero still used less resources than Chrome

16 Sep 2023 at 11:25 | Open on ryona.agency

Ian Tindale

@selzero@syzito.xyz as the knowledge worker in the factory read each page and used analytical and deductive thought to make sense of it only to realise at the end of each page that it was utter bollocks because it was poetry and therefore only useful for getting laid, the information payload became lighter as the density of meaning approached zero, so the wheel turned as the heavier potentially information-laden pages weighed down, thus turning the wheel attached to a whole Northern factory’s worth of Jacquard printing presses for turning out 3D printed handmade wooden furniture, run by multiple factory workers dividing their labour as the plates and saucers were binned into differing sizes and processor speed likelihoods

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8 Oct 2023 at 12:41 | Open on ff.pikopublishing.page

abracadabra holmes

@selzero OG hacker

11 Oct 2023 at 0:44 | Open on mastodon.world

2xfo

@selzero

I can totally relate to the mind of a person being like "I need to read more things at once, faster, in less floor space, and I am going to stop doing anything else until I build a machine that will help me do that!"

11 Oct 2023 at 0:45 | Open on infosec.exchange

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15 Oct 2023 at 2:31 | Open on psiren.eu

Rich Casey

@selzero i can’t stop thinking about this.

15 Oct 2023 at 2:40 | Open on mastodon.radio

Cindy

@selzero the good ole days! ❤️

15 Oct 2023 at 10:49 | Open on mstdn.ca

Deniz Opal

@CindySensd

Bookwork nerd me wouldn't have been able to use this, I needed a quiet corner.

15 Oct 2023 at 10:51 | Open on syzito.xyz

Cindy

@selzero lol! Have a wonderful Sunday 😊

15 Oct 2023 at 10:53 | Open on mstdn.ca

Dianora (Diane Bruce)

@selzero I've heard of these before! The idea is still very cool!

15 Oct 2023 at 11:17 | Open on ottawa.place

Zuri (he/him) 🕐 CET

@selzero Proof that ADHD already existed back in the 16th century

23 Oct 2023 at 14:51 | Open on mastodon.online

Elyastorah

@selzero Hm, I have enough wood and enough space, a bit smaller, so it fits on the desk.
I have to think about it. *grabs pen and paper and starts drawing a construction plan*

23 Oct 2023 at 22:16 | Open on ruhr.social

Fradie

@selzero

reminds me of my epub reader. 😁

23 Oct 2023 at 22:27 | Open on mastodon.social

molosovsky 🐿✊💗

@selzero Ahhh, book wheels. The root of the word ›control‹.

Gotta lots of book wheels to turn, when you compare the local documents with central documents.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/control#etymonline_v_18299

7 January at 14:35 | Open on literatur.social

katherine montalto

@selzero 🎶 book wheel book wheel spinning around 🎶 look at my book wheel and see what I found 🎶

7 January at 15:31 | Open on mastodon.cloud

Sternwarte Vach (Andy)

@selzero i would say, they invented the ergonomic workplace 😉

7 January at 16:47 | Open on hostux.social

Deniz Opal

@sternwarte Hotdesking 🤣

7 January at 16:51 | Open on syzito.xyz

Sternwarte Vach (Andy)

@selzero i try to imagine a modern version with many e-book readers :ablobcatrave:

7 January at 16:51 | Open on hostux.social

Number6 :syncthing:

@selzero

The way to do this today, without breaking the bank, would be to buy a round table. Cut a human-sized hole in the centre. Get a doctor's stool and put in the middle. Now surround yourself with the books you need. Spin on the chair to quickly change books.

7 January at 19:20 | Open on fosstodon.org

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@selzero @chrismarquardt

Mit elektrischem Licht muss der Browser mit offenen Tabs auch nicht neben dem Fenster stehen.

7 January at 19:24 | Open on sueden.social

Deniz Opal

@timbuktu @chrismarquardt true, maybe it's using the Kindle electric ink stuff 🤣

7 January at 19:26 | Open on syzito.xyz

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@selzero Unlike a browser, the nice thing about this is that you could come back to it the next day knowing that it wouldn't be a different colour or rotate in the opposite direction.