Re: Touchscreen and gestures

I think the quick answer here is no - it is not covered in our current 
draft material.  But I agree we can and should provide guidance here.  
However I think this area of knowledge is still quite immature when 
compared to some of the other GUI patterns we're putting into the HIG.

I think it should be explored, with the caveat that it can change 
quickly and that (hopefully) the Gnome usability team will keep on top 
of industry standards and best practices via HIG updates.

Kirk



On 04/18/2011 03:38 AM, Allan Caeg wrote:
> 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
>>
>

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