[IxDA Discuss] 10 Foot User Interface

[Will Parker]

On Jun 1, 2007, at 1:09 AM, Sascha Carlin wrote:

> Suresh JV wrote:
>> Does anyone has any good information/papers/links/Screenshots  on  
>> 10 Ft.
>> User Interface.
>
> Somehow I'm getting that "GTA" feeling. Please, what is "10 Foot User
> Interface"?

I don't have any immediate references, but this is one of many  
phrases used to describe user interface designs that can be readily  
understood and manipulated from a distance.

I think the first time I heard of this was back before the Web, when  
the assumption was that UI design would be driven by the need to  
navigate data services via your TV remote, from the couch, on a  
relatively low-resolution display device that coincidentally would  
also be used to display a primitive form of streaming video.

Come to think of it, that's still the core set of assumptions behind  
the phrase.

- Will

Will Parker
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