From: Marcus Hammerschmitt (Marcus.Hammerschmitt_at_t-online.de)
Date: Fri Feb 10 2006 - 13:15:03 PST
At 21:23 10.02.2006, you wrote:
>There was very little that was actually *done* in that video that
>couldn't be done faster in a traditional interface, aside from the
>nifty swirly stuff. If an application's purpose is to translate and
>zoom photos, and does nothing else, a mouse can be just as effective
>and probably faster to use.
I wouldn't be totally sure about that. From people like you and me this
thing would require to unlearn some of our mouse fixation, but
computing beginners might catch up easier than us. Speed might not be
the only thing that matters here. If you watch the emphasis Alan Key
puts on the connection between movement and learning in this still
interesting videos from 1987
http://www.archive.org/details/AlanKeyD1987
http://www.archive.org/details/AlanKeyD1987_2
these interface jockeys might be onto something. Of course, I'm not
predicting anything.
Best,
Marcus
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