Will - I think you're on the right track in consolidating the touch controls into a single area. I would suggest that you consider the right side of the screen rather than the left, given that the majority of users will be right-handed (presumably). If the touch points are on the left, then a right-handed user will be reaching across his or her body, and also obstructing the view of the information in front of them. But that's based on my assumptions of the context of use which may not be accurate.
Also, if you're looking for general human factors information on touchscreens, I reccomend Greg Bender's dissertation (1999) - http://humanfactors.typepad.com/idsa/2005/03/overview_of_tou.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=21162 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
