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We have all used simple touch-screen devices. Order kiosks, ATMs and smart
phones use them. But they all tend to operate with rudimentary menu taps that
react to simple YES/NO questions.
The Apple iPhone is changing consumer perception of what touch screens can
do, since they allow the use of limited 'gestures' to do some tasks, like the
popular image resizing by 'pinching' a picture.
HP has advanced touch-screens a bit with their latest PC, although acceptance
has been slow.
phones use them. But they all tend to operate with rudimentary menu taps that
react to simple YES/NO questions.
The Apple iPhone is changing consumer perception of what touch screens can
do, since they allow the use of limited 'gestures' to do some tasks, like the
popular image resizing by 'pinching' a picture.
HP has advanced touch-screens a bit with their latest PC, although acceptance
has been slow.
Apple has now filed a patent for a 'Multi Touch
Gesture Library. This system consists of a
specific spread of fingers (called a 'chord' by
Apple) combined with some hand rotation or
other movement.
This leave little doubt that the next big Apple
announcement will be for complex software
that needs no mouse or keyboard.
Will it be genuinely better to use? Or will we
just spend more to clean our screens?
Gesture Library. This system consists of a
specific spread of fingers (called a 'chord' by
Apple) combined with some hand rotation or
other movement.
This leave little doubt that the next big Apple
announcement will be for complex software
that needs no mouse or keyboard.
Will it be genuinely better to use? Or will we
just spend more to clean our screens?
Bad Design of the Week. A hotel in Taipei
with two massive sets of elevator buttons.
The top panel is for normal folks, while the
lower one, inches away was for the
handicapped.
Of course the lower panel could be used
easily by everyone, and if the extra set had
been eliminated, it would have been less
confusing, cheaper, and look better.
with two massive sets of elevator buttons.
The top panel is for normal folks, while the
lower one, inches away was for the
handicapped.
Of course the lower panel could be used
easily by everyone, and if the extra set had
been eliminated, it would have been less
confusing, cheaper, and look better.
I recently visited The Glass
Museum in Taiwan. It had
tour buses of locals parked
outside.
Operated jointly by several
glass manufacturers, the
Glass Museum had a lot of
interesting exhibits.
It starts off with a walk above
the 'beach' with a rather
unsettling plate glass floor.
Museum in Taiwan. It had
tour buses of locals parked
outside.
Operated jointly by several
glass manufacturers, the
Glass Museum had a lot of
interesting exhibits.
It starts off with a walk above
the 'beach' with a rather
unsettling plate glass floor.
Within the museum
there were galleries of
glass. Ornate stained
glass windows,
sculptures of animals.
Insects were
replicated with an
amazing delicacy, and
silicone crabs has fine
claws and legs.
Massive
kaliedescopes with
huge lenses were
operational.
A centerpiece was a
'garden' of glass
fauna, down to bits of
glass soil, and, of
course, a glass
walking bridge.
there were galleries of
glass. Ornate stained
glass windows,
sculptures of animals.
Insects were
replicated with an
amazing delicacy, and
silicone crabs has fine
claws and legs.
Massive
kaliedescopes with
huge lenses were
operational.
A centerpiece was a
'garden' of glass
fauna, down to bits of
glass soil, and, of
course, a glass
walking bridge.
