Mapping actions to display

To get different idea for display and action mapping, I've backtracked a bit and started looking at the tasks, in am effort to categorize the different display methods. For example, the iTunes menu which looks like flicking through books in a library is a random item list, move the items, characterized actions and I assume it loops.

The categories so far are

1. Random Items vs. Set Items
2. Move the items vs. Move the Environment
3. Items Standalone vs. Items are part of environment
   
4. Arbitrary control actions vs. characterized action
5. Looping vs. bookends
6. preview next vs. no preview
7. Internal viewpoint vs external viewpoint
   

http://earthlingsoft.net/hacks/Application%20Rotator%20Screenshot.jpeg
The idea from is a method for testing people expectations for movement. It is easy for a person to desribe what they expect the cube to do when performing an action.

http://www.omegacreative.com/
The menu "mouse-over" displays menu highlight if the cursor enters and exits from the top. Though the name seems to be looping when the blue bit doesn't.

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/treemaps/taskgallery.gif
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/treemaps.asp
First is a nice view of a room style menu. The page it is on show a larger number of different types.

http://lunapark6.com/?p=2501
Ubuntu's implements the cube rotation idea and include the idea of internal vs. external viewpoint

http://linuxgazette.net/issue18/gx/ayers/gears.gif
This shows the possible ways of highlighting the interdependences of tasks

http://www.xbox-modchips.com/img/sony-psx-madden-nfl-99-screenshot-big.jpg
Picture of Madden, movement selection is to the next player, but the idea of fowards and backs to identify different levels of controls can be extrapolated.

Dumb Stuff:
Running a monitor with high resolution, I still had trouble with this site. Had fun trying to see the top row of pictures. Would not be impressed if I paid for this.
http://www.biskero.org/?page_id=111