Comments on: Tapping on my desk http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/ Your users experience it that way around. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:13:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AJ Kock http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-2064 AJ Kock Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:17:52 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/#comment-2064 A person on Youtube modded his EEE PC with a touch screen and because of the screen design, he was also able to flip it over onto the screen, flip the visual and then use his touch screen like you would usually use a laptop with keyboard down. Will this solve the problem of working with touch screens? Will try to find that clip again. A person on Youtube modded his EEE PC with a touch screen and because of the screen design, he was also able to flip it over onto the screen, flip the visual and then use his touch screen like you would usually use a laptop with keyboard down.

Will this solve the problem of working with touch screens?

Will try to find that clip again.

]]> By: Anne-Sophie http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 Anne-Sophie Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:15:04 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/#comment-2027 This is pretty interesting, thanks for sharing. I also found myself trying the signs for cutting, pasting etc... I would have thought undo was a bar to the left, as in going back in time, whilst cancel was more of a cross or a diagonal crossing line... It is interesting to see how icons and visual representations of these actions are influencing my brain and my guts whilst gesturing :) What does the second hand do on a laptop whilst the first hand moves? This is pretty interesting, thanks for sharing.

I also found myself trying the signs for cutting, pasting etc…

I would have thought undo was a bar to the left, as in going back in time, whilst cancel was more of a cross or a diagonal crossing line…

It is interesting to see how icons and visual representations of these actions are influencing my brain and my guts whilst gesturing :)

What does the second hand do on a laptop whilst the first hand moves?

]]> By: philbuk http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 philbuk Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:48:08 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/#comment-1970 Apple are already increasing the size of their touchpads to make gestures easier. You definitely need bigger touchpads to do the job. I think that Apple have deliberately avoided the touch screen thing for the notebooks. Here's why. The shape of a traditional notebook computer is quite good, in many respects. It suits human beings well for fast, quiet data entry and for reading. Looking down at papers on your desk all days is bad for your neck. The tablet PC format, with it's draw-on screen, hasn't been a huge hit. And touch typing on a Jeff Han/Minority Report style perpendicular screen sounds very uncomfortable. So if I'm using a nice comfy notebook, having to reach out and touch a perpendicular screen isn't quick or easy. Things at the level of the desk surface are much easier. A bigger rethink of shape of personal computers might be required before you can whole-heartedly adopt touchscreens for personal, everyday use. Maybe it can't be done at all. Hmmm. Apple are already increasing the size of their touchpads to make gestures easier. You definitely need bigger touchpads to do the job.
I think that Apple have deliberately avoided the touch screen thing for the notebooks. Here’s why.

The shape of a traditional notebook computer is quite good, in many respects. It suits human beings well for fast, quiet data entry and for reading. Looking down at papers on your desk all days is bad for your neck. The tablet PC format, with it’s draw-on screen, hasn’t been a huge hit. And touch typing on a Jeff Han/Minority Report style perpendicular screen sounds very uncomfortable.

So if I’m using a nice comfy notebook, having to reach out and touch a perpendicular screen isn’t quick or easy. Things at the level of the desk surface are much easier.

A bigger rethink of shape of personal computers might be required before you can whole-heartedly adopt touchscreens for personal, everyday use. Maybe it can’t be done at all. Hmmm.

]]> By: AJ Kock http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 AJ Kock Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:31:20 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/04/14/tapping-on-my-desk/#comment-1969 Do you think that touchpads will increase in size or would it move towards touch screens, as people are already struggling to work on the current touchpads with one finger? Do you think that touchpads will increase in size or would it move towards touch screens, as people are already struggling to work on the current touchpads with one finger?

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