
@Col
yep, the good old "this is unix" line.... makes me think sony stole it for "this is living" in the ps3 ads.
the software you're talking about is FSN pronounced 'Fusion', and it's a file browser for IRIX, where the size of the folder/file gives you a bigger tower, and you can navigate in 3d.
i still use it occasionally, but i personally would use this new software more (if i could get away with it), as seeing system processes running like that would be more useful.
unfortunately, we've already written software with 'traffic lights' status indicators for our machines, so the likelihood of me not getting fired is pretty low.