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 Post subject: Touch-screen tech comes of age
 Post Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:48 am 
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The WIMP human-computer interface may have an uninspiring name, but Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointing devices have dominated computing for some 15 years. The keyboard, mouse and display screen have served users extraordinarily well.

But now the hegemony of WIMP may be coming to an end, say developers of technologies based on human touch and gesture. For evidence, look no further than Apple's one-year-old iPhone. From a human-interface point of view, the combined display and input capabilities of the iPhone's screen, which can be manipulated by multiple fingers in a variety of intuitive touches and gestures, is nothing short of revolutionary, researchers say.


http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9058841

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 Post subject: Re: Touch-screen tech comes of age
 Post Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:41 pm 
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If you've studied Human Computer Interaction (like wot I have), there is nothing even slightly surprising about this, it's been mooted since the 50's :geek: Even eye-tracking which made a widespread appearance in the PS2 eyetoy....

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