Here's a slightly more in-depth scenario of the Courier concept http://gizmodo.com/5369493
At every presented interaction I'm left wondering 2 things a)How did the system know I wanted to do that? b)What would happen if I didnt want to do what was on the main scenario path? The workflows demonstrated in the video present sophisticated functionality; web browsing, content management & browsing, collaboration & communication, etc. That functionality requires a level of supporting interaction that is more complex that what is being displayed. E.g. storing and browsing a significant amount of images might require a different paradigm to the pageflow presented. Some pages in the infinite journal may need to be larger than the screen size. A user may want to re-sort if the automagic organisation didnt suit. If a user wanted to copy some text instead of an image and hold it in the 'fold' then they need to somehow covert the text to an object. All this stuff is perfectly doable, it's what keeps us all awake at night, right? but... What the designers either fail to appreciate or they understand but would like to ignore is that as soon as you start building a real UI to account for all these little cases you need i/o devices with a little more bandwidth than the given pen & finger. It certainly can be done but the input bandwidth constraints of pen & finger will make the experience fall apart once you stray off the demoed path. A virtual keyboard is a must for this device but again, I'm guessing the reason they have not demonstrated it yet is that once they add in this detail the cracks in the UI are exposed and we realise that a laptop/netbook isnt that bad a design after all (o; I think Apple have made the right decision to focus their tablet on the eReader domain and just make them iphone/itouch with big screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45951 ________________________________________________________________ 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
