[IxDA Discuss] Bumptop

[Simon North]

> Another issue being pens are not a very good method of interacting with interfaces. 
> Great for creativity but fall over (literally) when you need to put them to one
> side to use the keyboard.  Slick demo but I see this coming in to its own
> with multitouch interfaces.

I'd disagree with that. I've used a tablet instead of a mouse for the last 9 years. It's 
a darn sight faster than a mouse - and that's without even considering the extra 
accelerations you can achieve with Firefox gestures. 

I don't have to put the pen 'to one side', I tuck the pen under my index 
finger when I use the keyboard so that switching from keyboard to and from 
the tablet is simply a matter of flexing part of my hand. It's position is constant, 
so I don't even have to change my visual focus (as I would have to too look for 
a mouse). 

my ten cents, 

Simon 

     

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