That is a very well thought out design. I like the way you've not just tackled the hardware issues but approached the problem from sw/hw interaction point. Great presentation of the design btw. Ship it!
Some questions 1) how do you see apps with a user defined layout working within your app switcher. e.g. most of the Adobe suite. 2)I have some widgets permanently on display on a second monitor. How would that work within your design. 3)Do you feel there are still cases that a user will want a mouse or trackball to hand, if so, how would they interact with the gestural mental model of your design? I've been thinking about the same problem for some time and taken a most simplistic (and hacky) approach. I do not have your scope of vision for the OS! The first iteration of my design incorporated a resistive touchscreen mapped to keypress macros (copy, paste, app switching, etc) for my left hand and a pen tablet as input for the right. The next iteration will see the addition of multitouch with the recently introduced Wacom Bamboo touch series. I start work on v2 this week and should have a working model early next year to share. I will continue to split the modes of input between left and right hands, a fundamental difference to your approach. Just as a general discussion point. What do you see as the pros & cons of the two approaches. 10 finger versus 5 5, actually 1 5 as my embedded display is resistive. One obvious constraint of the 5 5 is that the virtual buttons are contextual to the app in focus, thus inducing a level of cognitive processing when the user switches apps. However, I feel it affords a great deal of additional input bandwidth. Your thoughts? Do you see a gestural language being a solid alternative to 'the button'. btw I am completely in awe at your vision and the clarity in which you explain it. It puts the recent Microsoft touch book thing demo to shame! What you've created could ship tomorrow and hit the ground running in terms of UX imho regards! /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46632 ________________________________________________________________ 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
