<s>
BumpTop	B-Application
was	O
a	O
3D	O
desktop	O
environment	O
that	O
simulates	O
the	O
normal	O
behavior	O
and	O
physical	O
properties	O
of	O
a	O
real-world	O
desk	O
and	O
enhances	O
it	O
with	O
automatic	O
tools	O
to	O
organize	O
its	O
contents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
stylus	B-Device
interaction	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
more	O
suitable	O
for	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
handheld	B-Operating_System
PCs	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
the	O
author	O
announced	O
that	O
BumpTop	B-Application
was	O
being	O
discontinued	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
taking	O
the	O
software	O
"	O
in	O
an	O
exciting	O
new	O
direction.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
5	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
a	O
sneak	O
preview	O
video	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
3.0	O
Honeycomb	O
showing	O
a	O
3D	O
desktop	O
with	O
features	O
purportedly	O
taken	O
from	O
BumpTop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
BumpTop	B-Application
,	O
documents	O
are	O
represented	O
as	O
three-dimensional	O
boxes	O
lying	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	O
desk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
position	O
the	O
boxes	O
on	O
the	O
desk	O
using	O
the	O
stylus	B-Device
or	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
selection	O
is	O
performed	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
a	O
LassoMenu	O
,	O
which	O
fluidly	O
combines	O
in	O
one	O
stroke	O
the	O
act	O
of	O
lasso	B-Application
selection	O
and	O
action	O
invocation	O
via	O
pie	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BumpTop	B-Application
currently	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Vista	B-Application
,	O
and	O
7	B-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
into	O
private	O
beta	O
on	O
January	O
18	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BumpTop	B-Application
automatically	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
BumpTop	B-Application
1.2	O
on	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
multi-touch	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
like	O
the	O
regular	O
version	O
of	O
BumpTop	B-Application
,	O
the	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
physics	O
is	O
applied	O
to	O
these	O
multi-touch	O
gestures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multi-touch	O
support	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
18	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
BumpTop	B-Application
announced	O
their	O
new	O
“	O
BumpTop	B-Application
Inside	O
”	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partnering	O
with	O
HIS	O
,	O
PowerColor	O
,	O
and	O
SAPPHIRE	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
copy	O
of	O
BumpTop	B-Application
will	O
be	O
included	O
with	O
their	O
graphics	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reasoning	O
behind	O
the	O
partnership	O
was	O
to	O
allow	O
BumpTop	B-Application
to	O
be	O
spread	O
to	O
more	O
customers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
allowing	O
BumpTop	B-Application
to	O
use	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
newly	O
bought	O
graphics	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
“	O
BumpTop	B-Application
creates	O
a	O
brand	O
new	O
user	O
experience	O
for	O
computer	O
desktops	O
,	O
”	O
said	O
Ted	O
Chen	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
TUL	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BumpTop	B-Application
has	O
been	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
of	O
them	O
excited	O
about	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
BumpTop	B-Application
's	O
features	O
becoming	O
standard	O
in	O
GUIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
Editor	O
Seth	O
Rosenblatt	O
gave	O
it	O
5	O
stars	O
,	O
citing	O
that	O
“	O
it	O
could	O
push	O
how	O
we	O
use	O
our	O
computers	O
into	O
a	O
whole	O
new	O
dimension.	O
”	O
Thanks	O
to	O
the	O
added	O
multi-touch	O
support	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
says	O
that	O
“	O
Bumptop	B-Application
gives	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
touchscreen	O
PCs	O
purpose.	O
”	O
CrunchGear	O
simply	O
says	O
“	O
BumpTop	B-Application
:	O
A	O
Better	O
Windows	O
desktop.	O
”	O
On	O
BumpTop	B-Application
's	O
website	O
,	O
they	O
have	O
23	O
quotes	O
of	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
professional	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Bumptop	B-Application
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
unknown	O
what	O
Google	B-Application
had	O
planned	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
though	O
there	O
were	O
speculations	O
about	O
plans	O
to	O
revamp	O
it	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
Android	B-Application
based	O
tablet	B-Device
UI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
its	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Bumptop	B-Application
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
remove	O
the	O
software	O
completely	O
from	O
its	O
website	O
,	O
only	O
giving	O
"	O
End	O
of	O
Life	O
"	O
support	O
to	O
those	O
who	O
bought	O
the	O
Pro	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server-side	O
licensing	O
and	O
validation	O
system	O
was	O
then	O
removed	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
users	O
that	O
had	O
the	O
licensed	O
version	O
got	O
it	O
reverted	O
to	O
the	O
free	O
version	O
after	O
some	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
actually	O
made	O
activating	O
the	O
software	O
impossible	O
without	O
using	O
cracks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
BumpTop	B-Application
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
