iBall instead iCube:

[ycats]

Here's an idea, I wish I had the knowledge to create this. Have a 3d ball, diameter can be from far left to far right..........has multiple cubes/squares on the face........that will allow up-down motion as well as left-to-right. Whatever is closest to you is larger than the squares further back on the top and bottom of the ball. So if you go top to bottom, the ball looks like it's rolling toward you.........can somewhat remind you of the wheel on Price is Right. If you go left to right, it would spin toward the right and vice versa.

[ycats]

What programs/utilities would I need to try to do this myself?

[rhov23]

What a about the inside of a cube instead? Much more screen realestate :)

[ycats]

I guess that would look nice too, maybe one that is transparent and can also go left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

[jorge_culv]

There's already an implementation of that idea (inside of a sphere) for Windows XP--search google for SphereXP. Really neat app.

UltimateLaunch has side to side scrolling--maybe if you convince the programmer this is a good idea he might add up-down scrolling.