I think there was somebody who suggested that a few times, in his very first post actually... karamma-something....
If the interface is fully moddable, we're already discussing about a 3d-only interface.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=160861. ALmost impossible to do in SH3&4, but we might be able to achieve it in SH5.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=151937 This was actually my very first post, so it's a sort of obsession to me.