[IxDA Discuss] 'Transparent' Apple Devices

[Tracy Boyington]

>>> Jack Moffett <jmoffett at inmedius.com> 05/15/07 10:08 AM >>>

>> Isnt this cart before horse? I move my fingers over the element
after
>> I decide thats what I want to press, not the other way around.

>True, but the fact that your finger is covering a button as you press 

>it precludes using visual feedback on the button itself to indicate  
>that your button press registered. 

Couldn't you provide visual feedback that wasn't limited to the button
- i.e., the whole screen subtly getting brighter or shifting color when
a button is pressed?

>From Core77:
>To interact with them, you place your finger on the rear of the
device, 
>which is touch-sensitive (but not a screen), since the rear is where
your fingers 
>would end up anyway, simply by virtue of holding the thing up.

When I hold my iPod, my fingers are on the sides, as they would be when
I'm holding a photo or CD or anything else I don't want to get
fingerprints on.



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Tracy Boyington     tracy_boyington at okcareertech.org
Oklahoma Department of Career & Technology Education
Stillwater, OK          http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc