Chapter 26

Vertical, Horizontal, and Mobile

Keywords

Screen types affect gestures, not all form factors created equal

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It’s close to philosophy except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

—Elie Wiesel

Description

We have reviewed some of the important characteristics of a touch system. We’ve stressed that it be learnable and that it be suited to its environment. We have discussed how to achieve those goals and also offered a framework understanding gestures. In this chapter we discuss the effects of input device orientation and size on the design of interactive systems.

Multi-touch interaction with a phone is conducted with thumbs and while ...

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