Re: Touchscreen and gestures

Allan Caeg <[email protected]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:38:24 +0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.usability
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Good catch. It actually has to be covered.

Is it, guys?

On 4/18/11 6:35 PM, Heiko Tietze wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just read about handling of touchscreen and gestures at MSDN [1] and was
> wondering if Gnome HIG discuss that topic as well. MS discuss some important
> issues like control size, distance of controls and feedback etc. But IMHO it
> is a more technological approach, at least with the recommended use and
> support of 40 gestures [2]. A user-centered design should start with human
> capabilities, which might be very limited for kinaesthetic, and implementation
> have to be completely different from the current, perhaps. Are there any plans
> for Gnome?
>
> Kind regards,
> Heiko.
>
> [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc872774.aspx
> [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms704830.aspx
>