Hey Jerome, good to see you here. I've seen that interface (or a very similar one) before. The biggest problem in my mind is that most users have enough problems using a mouse, where they only need to use one hand and (at most) a couple of fingers on that hand. Now forcing them to use all ten fingers to work with their applications and manager their workflow? That would be a disaster.
Also, from an accessibilty point, this causes serious problems. What if a person has lost a finger, or a hand? Or doesn't have good mobility in fingers/hands/arms? The standard X/Y coordinated plane with windowed applications, provides a much simpler interface where other input devices can be created and mapped to allow for better accessibility to those that may have a handicap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46673 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
