Zeth
The Admin
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 Thursday, May 06, 2010
I agree with your original sentiment about an improvement in interaction, but I disagree that multi-touch is the way to go in that it's far too slow and restrictive compared to something like multiple retinal gesture recognition that's based off of eye movements and interactions.
Additionally, I think their desktop is far too limited in the style of presentation and would definitely need to be broadened out to account for power users that need to have their hands on customization and control of absolutely every facet of the system. If that isn't met, the OS would fall into the same issues plaguing with Apple operating systems.
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nielsmillikan
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Friday, May 07, 2010
The software part was great but I didn't like the hardware. Pressure sensing equipments don't work well at least for gaming. I mean would you play cs with a mouse or touchpad? 
Also using multiple fingers can be very confusing and take time to get used to. Suppose I use four fingers from both my hands, one group to zoom in and the other one to zoom out. No idea how the system would react.
Also you try this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtANPtnhyg
I'd prefer this type of interaction over anything 
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MDave
ZEQ2-lite Ninja
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Friday, May 07, 2010
Zeth wrote : I agree with your original sentiment about an improvement in interaction, but I disagree that multi-touch is the way to go in that it's far too slow and restrictive compared to something like multiple retinal gesture recognition that's based off of eye movements and interactions.
Additionally, I think their desktop is far too limited in the style of presentation and would definitely need to be broadened out to account for power users that need to have their hands on customization and control of absolutely every facet of the system. If that isn't met, the OS would fall into the same issues plaguing with Apple operating systems.
I don't know if you watched the same thing I did but ... what? Multi-touch far too slow and restrictive? This isn't multi touch laptop mouse pads or screens we're shown here
So you think eye tracking would be better? How would the operating system know if you want to click on something? How would zooming in and out work, or scrolling? Would these be left to the keyboard, with extra buttons for these things so as to always keep your hands on the keyboard all the time for maximum productivity? 
I think it would be fine as a replacement for the mouse, but we need something with smooth pin point accuracy if we were to use something like a 3D modelling program, or Photoshop. Trying to paint with your eyes sounds fun, but smooth brush strokes would be near improbable to do, and there is no pressure sensitivity. Fingers I think work better in that area. Manipulating the 3D perspective view also requires smooth pointer motion. Having extra fingers / a hand to click on options while manipulating the view would be a lot nicer and faster then a single point of input.
I think the way windows are managed are also a ton better then what we have now, which is the focus, not customization and control of absolutely every facet of the system. That's an entirely different topic
nielsmillikan wrote : The software part was great but I didn't like the hardware. Pressure sensing equipments don't work well at least for gaming. I mean would you play cs with a mouse or touchpad?
Also using multiple fingers can be very confusing and take time to get used to. Suppose I use four fingers from both my hands, one group to zoom in and the other one to zoom out. No idea how the system would react.
Also you try this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtANPtnhyg
I'd prefer this type of interaction over anything
Well, there is no real substitute for a mouse when it comes to first person shooters, but for other games it would work pretty good. Especially Real Time strategy games. Able to select and command multiple units simultaneously for example.
As for getting used to it, everything new takes some getting used to It's one of those things that becomes second nature, the same as using a mouse did. Zooming is pretty easy to understand. Pinch in or out to zoom out with any 2 fingers? Easy.
Nice video!
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nielsmillikan
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Friday, May 07, 2010
Ah I meant if I pinched out and in simultaneously using both my hands, the system wouldn't know how to react.
I personally don't find much problem with the current UI. Its customizable to a great extent and also has no drawbacks as such. Vista's and Win'7 audio input feature is also great. Helps manage windows easily and much more quickly.
Instead of all this I'd like to see a 3D monitor. Would be great if I got to play zeq2lite that way
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