More multi-touch interfaces: it's, you know, like porn

[Jesús Díaz Blanco]

>> It is. But put a mouse in the right hand and the ctrl, shift,  
>> option, and
>> command (maybe even spacebar) in the right hand and you can do  
>> just about
>> everything except the "move two windows in different directions at  
>> the same
>> time" bit, no?
>
> Hmmmm... yes and no. It's like playing Zelda on the Wii and saying:  
> "but get a joystick full of buttons on the GameCube and it will be  
> the same".
>
> It is, but it's not.

Furthermore, explain how to do all those things using the mouse and  
keyboard to any normal computer user, see how it goes. I know my wife  
(and many other people who, far from thick, are brilliant  
individuals) have problems understanding things like selection,  
dragging, etc. at first, not to mention the whole Exposé thing (which  
I consider rather intuitive).

I think what Han (and Apple) are doing is changing the rules of the  
game and getting us closer to the information than ever before. And  
in the process, we are getting to the basics of human communication,  
"naturalizing" the interface, making the interaction with information  
something natural for the first time. That's the real promise of this  
kind of research (and now products! :-)

That, coupled with morphing interfaces, will get us to the next level  
(and back to the caves).

j. 
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