[IxDA Discuss] 'Transparent' Apple Devices

[pauric]

Jack "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. This extrapolates to drag
actions with drop area indicators and so forth."

It would seem to me that a primary function of handheld devices is to
compliment some form of real world activity (as opposed to desktop
content manipulation).  As such, actions have stepped/modal feedback.

Select address > details appear
Make call > tones emit from speaker/call placed
Play music > music plays
Write sms/email > text appears in content box, separate to keyboard

While drag and drop can be solved through illuminating a larger
surround, thus fixing the issue. Aside from the positives of haptic
feedback, How big a problem is not seeing whats under your finger
really?

I have a hard time envisioning portable devices as anything other
than facilitating actions in our environment, with the exception of
games.  Manipulating cells in a spreadsheet or.... well, as always
I'm wrong more than 4 thirds of of the time so I'm sure I'll get
skooled on this (o;