Gestural interfaces. Brian Pagán of User Intelligence in Amsterdam argues that touch-free gestures and Natural Language Interaction (NLI) may open up further paths toward a true Natural User Interface (NUI). “User interfaces for computers have come a long way from vacuum tubes and punch cards, and each advancement brings new possibilities and challenges.
Gestural interfaces. Touch interaction has become practically ubiquitous in developed markets, and that has changed users' expectations and the way UX practitioners think about human–computer interaction (HCI). Now, touch-free gestures and Natural Language Interaction (NLI) are bleeding into the computing mainstream the way touch did years ago. These will again disrupt UX, from the heuristics that guide us, to our design patterns and deliverables.
Cases. Last week, iTunes became home to a historical first. This time, in the form of an ingenious app that turns an iPhone into a gesture-based calculator that replaces the most common mathematical function keys with finger swipes. Rechner is the work of Berger & Föhr, a two-man studio based in Boulder, Colorado.
Cases. Remember when you were five and you first learned how to make a shadow puppet of a dog by holding your palm in front of a flashlight and waggling your pinky finger? Making anything more complicated than that takes a lot of effort.
Gestural interfaces. The Touch Gesture Reference Guide is now available as a set of gorgeous, printable cards (thanks to Kimberly Fulton). The Touch Gesture Reference Card set includes: 1) an overview of the core gestures used for most touch commands 2) how to utilize these gestures to support major user actions 3) a survey of how popular software platforms support core touch gestures.
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