The Touch, bimanual input for complex UIs
March 30 2013
Finally, someone is proposing a bimanual solution to complex UIs and applications. Mixing key presses and fine spatial control and gestures to tap into the zillion of controls and selections available in modern applications. And it is sufficiently different operation than using a custom controllers like a space SpaceMouse or other 3D controllers or joysticks. Sure it is limited to a few apps on Mac at the moment, but the underlying mode of operation/interaction is solid I believe. I’ve seen such ideas proposed and discussed in academia before (Bill Buxton in particular), but never in a commercially available app or hardware/software package. Let’s hope support grows for more apps and OS level interaction.
