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Deniz Opal

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

A medieval giant wheel for scrolling multiple books
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@selzero

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Kevin Hayes

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

Full Metal Archaeopteryx

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I'm morbidly curious as to what the pop-ups looked like
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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.

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

Deniz Opal

@SHoenle

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

gray
@selzero still used less resources than Chrome
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

@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...

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!"

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Rich Casey

@selzero i can’t stop thinking about this.

Cindy

@selzero the good ole days! ❀️

Deniz Opal

@CindySensd

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

Cindy

@selzero lol! Have a wonderful Sunday 😊

Dianora (Diane Bruce)

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

Zuri (he/him) πŸ• CET

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

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*

Fradie

@selzero

reminds me of my epub reader. 😁

molosovsky πŸΏβœŠπŸ’—

@selzero Ahhh, book wheels. The root of the word β€Ίcontrolβ€Ή.

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

etymonline.com/word/control#et

katherine montalto

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

Sternwarte Vach (Andy)

@selzero i would say, they invented the ergonomic workplace πŸ˜‰

Sternwarte Vach (Andy)

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

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.

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@selzero @chrismarquardt

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

Deniz Opal

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

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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.

Estarriol, Cat owned Dragon

@selzero I have seen victorian ones that were 3 books wide as well.

buherator
@selzero Use a table (or a tiling WM) for side-by-side view...
gws

@selzero Ooh that's the BΓΌcherrad I read about in The Confusion!

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