[IxDA Discuss] "Interface-Free" Interface

[Mark Schraad]

a visceral reaction and some observation:

Presentation: Wow, a lot of very cool razzle dazzle. The models used,  
the hand motions all add up to a very nice presentation. This is a  
bell and whistles project in my opinion. Curiously, Jeff contradicts  
himself through out the presentation alternately stating calling it  
"no interface" and referring to "the interface". To Dan's point, this  
absolutely is an interface and not interface-free. The touch screen  
and hands replace the mouse as the primary operator.

Obviously this interface is in it's infancy. I would like to see how  
it works in a more applied use. The simplistic tasks that are  
demonstrated are cool - but nothing the two fingered tack pad could  
not do.

I love this stuff, and frankly think it has some real world  
application (see it soon as a tool for CSI characters on TV). But the  
introductory statement is either premature or a bit grandiose.




On Oct 29, 2006, at 10:12 AM, Dan Saffer wrote:

> [Please voluntarily trim replies to include only relevant quoted  
> material.]
>
> 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
>
>
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