Apple Computer has applied for a patent on several methods of applying gestures to touch-sensitive input devices, possibly implying a touchpad- or touchscreen-enabled product is in the company's future.
The company's patent, "Gestures for touch sensitive input devices," features a large illustration of a hand making the "dialing" motion that controls an iPod on a large, blank display. The patent describes several methods for inputting touch commands, including the implementation of floating controls as well as the method of turning a virtual page, such as in an electronic book.
View: Apple's Patent
News source: pcmag.com
The company's patent, "Gestures for touch sensitive input devices," features a large illustration of a hand making the "dialing" motion that controls an iPod on a large, blank display. The patent describes several methods for inputting touch commands, including the implementation of floating controls as well as the method of turning a virtual page, such as in an electronic book.
View: Apple's Patent News source: pcmag.com
For example mouse gestures in Opera. They take some time to learn, but it's WELL worth it. My browsing experience is so incredably fluid, I'm convinced that if we had a psycologist here they'd tell us (and explain why) that gestures take far fewer brain functions to perform that actually moving a mouse to a button a clicking it. Something to do with cognative recognition I think.
It's a well known fact that the brain interprets shapes better than a series of commands or even plain text.
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