[IxDA Discuss] "Interface-Free" Interface

[Dan Saffer]

I know this must have gone around and I just missed it somehow.

"Jeff Han demonstrates—for the first time publicly—his intuitive,  
"interface-free," touch-driven computer screen, which can be  
manipulated intuitively with the fingertips, and responds to varying  
levels of pressure."

http://ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_han&flashEnabled=1

Just because an interface is [arguably] easy to use, doesn't mean  
it's interface free. While I think this is a really need use of the Z- 
axis and a gestural interface, I'm wondering about its limitations  
for daily use. Could I type on a touch-screen keypad all day, for  
instance? How would MS Office for instance (not to mention Adobe  
products) get translated into this mouse-less OS?

Dan