R. Clayton Miller’s 10/GUI is probably one of the most dramatic reimaginations of the desktop user interface I’ve seen in a long time. This concept proposes a multitouch interaction system that does not require a multitouch screen (and thus does not have to deal with all the problems such a screen causes), but instead uses a multitouch area near the keyboard. The proposed graphical user interface makes full use of this multitouch area.
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so in sum is a big laptop touch pad that you can use with all fingers right?
My bet is that it will be forgotten quickly.
I didn’t realize window navigation was such a big problem. Good luck if you’re editing two multi-page documents, updating a spreadsheet, using a recipe database while reading B&P and munching on a recent dinner experiment. You have to wonder if the design enginerds actually use the products in “real life” doing multiple real tasks. (I think they rely heavily on Barnum.) Sure you’ve freed up your hands by using Bluetooth – but the recently-freed hands don’t want to attach to yet another piece of technology. I think the only interface upgrade I’m considering is the device that projects a keyboard onto any surface and reads your “keystrokes” on said surface. http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/ I hope to run into someone who actually uses one of these before I take the leap. (Okay, I’ll stop grumbling now.)
Julie, I gotta think that’s exactly what you’re doing.
BTW, Jonco. Is this kinda thing in the same league as the macro-via-time and worry saver-doodad you were seeking? How’s that goin’?
(I knew if I waited, I could work in a comment on that)
I posted an update on that “macro via-time and worry saver-doodad” on that post.