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   3D Picture Browser v1.0
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Copyright 2006 Giovanni Albani
All Rights Reserved

New versions are available at:
  http://www.adventuremaker.com/3dpicturebrowser



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OVERVIEW
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3D Picture Browser is a free program for Windows that features a real-time 3D user interface for browsing the folders on your computer and viewing the pictures that they contain. Its concept is absolutely unique, and it will certainly impress your friends and relatives.

Do not wait for Windows 2025 or Mac OS XXIII
3D interfaces are very common in today's games, but they are still seldom used in applications. While this is bound to change - see Mac OSX Leopard and Windows Vista - we still do not see much innovation out there. Let's change things...

Say goodbye to annoying scrollbars
The time of the ugly and irritating scrollbars has passed. The controls of 3D Picture Browser are among the simplest you could imagine: no scrollbars, no double-clicks, no right-clicks, just move the mouse and single-click with the left mouse button to open a folder or to view a photo. It's so natural.


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INSTALLATION
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To install the program, please launch the file Setup.exe that is included in the zip file that you have downloaded.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

- If you do not have the .NET Framework 2.0 yet, the setup program will automatically download it and install it. Alternatively, if you prefer, you can download it from the Microsoft website and install it separately.

At the time when this text was written, a download link for the .NET Framework 2.0 was:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en


- The latest build of DirectX 9 is required. If the program does not start or you get an error message, please download Direct 9 and (re)install it.

At the time when this text was written, a download link for the build "9.0c" of DirectX 9 was:

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/DirectX-Redistributable-c-December-Download-3545.html


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DISTRIBUTION:
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You can copy this program freely and pass it around for free, as long as you don't modify it.

This program may not be distributed as part of or for use with a commercial product without written permission by the author.

You have permission to include this program in the CDROM of a magazine, together with other software, as long as the presence of this program is not the main selling argument.


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CONTACT INFORMATION
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To contact the author, please visit:
http://www.adventuremaker.com/contact.htm


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COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
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The enclosed software and accompanying materials are a copyrighted property of Giovanni Albani, and are protected by United States right laws and international treaty provisions. You may not remove the copyright notice from any copy of this program or any copy of the written materials, if any, accompanying this program. This program may not be transferred to, or by anyone from, any country subject to Export Restrictions (see below).

You have no right to create derivative works, translate, decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer, or copy the look-and-feel of this program.

Some portions of this program may have been licensed by third parties, in which case these third parties retain full copyright to any media provided by them and may not be reproduced, or distributed, in whole, or in part in any form, or medium.


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WARRANTY DISCLAIMER:
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THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING AND WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER LOSS) , WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OR INSTALL THIS PROGRAM OR THE SOFTWARE CREATED WITH THIS PROGRAM.

