Hey Dan, I totally agree with you :) On 29 sept. 08, at 17:50, Dan Saffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Before you toss out the baby with the bathwater, recall Bill Buxton's maxim: When it comes to technology, everything is best for something and worse for something else. Touchscreens (and other gestural interfaces) are great for: - more natural interactions - having less cumbersome or visible hardware - more flexibility on the fly (no hard buttons to hinder changing the entire interface) - more nuance w/r/t the human body - more fun Gestural interfaces aren't so great for: - heavy data input - situations requiring haptic feedback - those with motor skills impairment - certain contexts of use If we consider the iPhone with this lens, well, we can all acknowledge it isn't the greatest for heavy data input like composing emails or heavy texting. Nor does it provide haptic feedback. If you compose a lot of mail or text heavily, then, yes, the iPhone may not be for you. However, its natural interactions and its ability to change its entire form from an iPod to a phone to a gaming console to web browser on the fly is a pretty major bonus and one that Blackberry is unlikely to be able to replicate, as a large percentage of their device is taken up with a hard keyboard. Dan Dan Saffer Principal, Kicker Studio http://www.kickerstudio.com http://www.designinggesturalinterfaces.com ________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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
