Microsoft Surface & Multi-Touch OS (by NID students Adithya Ananth & Divesh Jaiswal) along with their NaturalUI.
Hmmmm....after you've visited the sites, I'm sure you must be going 'Wow!'
Indeed its an innovation in user-interfaces. But something makes me think that it has great potential to mess up things. Not accepting the inevitable change (especially when its gotta do with a more natural user interface) is stupid, but obviously I have concerns:
- Can the human finger be as precise as the tip of the mouse cursor?
- How big or small can the interface be?
- What about the ergonomics?
- What will be the learning curve? Can the computer-user accept the change?
- The UI looks welcoming to the non-tech-savvy people? Is it really?
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I'd be editing this particular blog when more such issues come to my mind. I'd like you to comment about what you think could be the issues. And those in favour of the touch-screen are obviously welcome to prove my points wrong.
2 comments:
Sam
Here is my take:
Can the human finger be as precise as the tip of the mouse cursor?
->what do you mean by precise? if you mean: will the touchscreen will be appropriately sensitive to human touch than the mouse motion, then you have a point.
How big or small can the interface be?
again a good point.
What about the ergonomics?
what about them?
What will be the learning curve?
in fact mouse is quite counter intuitive. learning curve is the biggest advantage over any other form of input. Because, touchscreens are the easiest and the most obvious.
Can the computer-user accept the change?
a) The consumer market has instilled a very insensitive "naturally selective" way of choosing "successful people" in our society. So the question most of the times is "can you as a customer survive without changing the technology" rather than "will the technology survive if its hard to the customer"-> the keyboard is a classic case study.
b)I think given that the touchscreen is way more easier, it will attract a larger newer audience than the existing one.
The UI looks welcoming to the non-tech-savvy people? Is it really?
Certainly. Mouse operation is a very tough skill, I feel, it takes practice. I am sure you will find empirical research data on this question.
hmmm...thanks a lot for the feedback, and hence taking my topic further.
Well, when I said learning curve, I meant, how difficult would it be moving from the present system to the newer one. You know, it looks good to use, but is it for the home user alone or the professional too?
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