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Probably, until we have a good 3D display technology, where you can see a lot more of the site than a 1ft x 1ft "side" of it (current monitor tech), forums and blogs are probably going to be organized by categories and search.

Think about it. Lets pretend we have a 3d monitor like the holograms of star wars. Not a flat plane doing 3d, but I mean actual 3d. The main forum would be like a floating "page" a virtual monitor in front. Behind is all the other stuff. Not posts, but possibly stuff floats "closer" because its getting more attention. Some pictures are floating in there in little "balls the size of a golf ball" rotating around. Topics might just be some floating text, or maybe something else entirely. I don't know. You can see users as little people, or avatars next to these "things" because they are paying attention to them. Its like a little world. You can actually grab the display's base and turn it. It knows which way is forward, so you can explore into the site from the sides. If you rotate it 180 degrees, the main page would appear to be in the "back" but still facing you. Text would not just "go backwards" but it would rotate "sideways" like the old 3d screensaver we've seen. You know you can read it.

Mice would be obsolete. Touching would be nice, but arms get tired (i've got a touchscreen in my car, but i use the remote 99% more often). There will be something more like the "drafting balls" that current mechanical engineers use to explore their creations. Up down left right rotate, closer, farther, tilt. etc.

This is where it will be some day. You can quote me.