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The state of touch technologies

The latest of the Economist’s Technology Quarterly has a survey of the history and state of touch technology.
“The double click does not translate terribly well to touch screens, however. This has led some researchers to look for alternatives. In developing his multi-touch screen, Dr Han found that there can be more to touch input than [...]

Posted 07 September 2008 § mobile ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Gestural interfaces

“The level of communication between users and their electronic devices has been largely limited to a pointing interface. To date, a few common extensions to the pointing interface exist. They include single- versus double-click or tap devices and devices that allow users to hold down a button while moving the pointing focus, such as mice, [...]

Posted 15 January 2008 § mobile ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,