On Jan 15, 2008, at 5:30 PM, pauric wrote: > I'm not so sure, nor that they are even innovating technology. > Stunningly thinner is not innovation, its natural progress. The > multitouch pad is innovative, but thats not why people are going to > buy this product imho.
Stunningly thinner is innovation. If it weren't everyone else would be doing it as well all of the time. On the other hand, the multi-touch trackpad is not quite that innovative as implemented in Air. It's the same trackpad on the current laptop from what I can tell but with new gestures added to map to more existing keyboard shortcuts in an attempt to create cohesion with the innovation of the multi-touch display interface on the iPhone. And it's a damn smart move and creates a product family feel to the Apple product line. Notice how when "resizing fonts" in Safari in the Air demo using the trackpad pinch gesture, it's the equivalent of hitting Cmd + or Cmd - and it's not dynamically scaling the display like it does on the iPhone. The gesture also is not track in quite the same way as the iPhone either. They are just mapping more gesture interactions as defined with the iPhone with existing keyboard shortcuts for existing software, and that's a good idea because the MacBook Air is supposed to be best used without a bunch of stuff attached to it. The wireless on the go type of stuff. Sure, the gestures are disconnected from the display on the Air, unlike the iPhone, but the gestures are incredibly helpful in making the laptop require less mouse interaction for all purpose actions. That's a good thing and furthers the goal of making the Air a wireless laptop that doesn't need a lot of stuff attached to it for on the go type of computing. > To me, at a general level; UCD is about understanding needs, technical > innovation is about creating new markets, mostly... If UCD is about things other than the user, why on earth is the term called "user centered?" -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
