a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words.
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Is shaking a device to refresh an accepted behavior?
I have an app that displays downloaded information that is cached. I could use valuable space to include a button that is used to re-download the information, or I could simply add a "shake the device ...
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6answers
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Most intuitive zoom gesture that isn't tap-to-zoom/pinch-to-zoom?
With Apple claiming the Tap to Zoom and Pinch to Zoom patents and possibly enforcing them, what is an alternative that is intuitive and still distinct from tap/pinch?
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9answers
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What is an easier unlock pattern: gesture or code?
There are two popular ways to unlock a phone. iPhone makes you type in a numerical code. Android gives you the option to draw a gesture. Which of these two is easier to remember and easier to execute?
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3answers
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For touchscreen interaction, are there benefits to knowing a user's preferred hand?
The generally accepted answer to the question on Left-handed persons and usability is that rather than asking users which hand they use in order to determine your layout, you should let them choose ...
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9answers
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Symbol for “Swipe Left” [closed]
I'm working on an app that displays a list of ten items (text items) on the screen at a time. If there are more than ten items, the user should be able to "swipe" from right to left to see the next ...
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3answers
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How do users learn about various gestures that are used on touch screens?
How does the user learn about various gesture in the interfaces?
Does the ipad or android device have inbuilt gestural instructions when someone buys a new device?
Does it demonstrate the gestures ...
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5answers
492 views
Multimodal interfaces - best practices
What are best practices in using multimodal interface approaches, e.g. combination of haptic interfaces, voice commands, gestures?
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10answers
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Multitouch gesture Interaction: Beyond the pinches and swipes.
A mixed bag of interaction and expectation...
You are using the photo app on the iP(hone/od/ad) you know there are a few familiar gestures to interact.
Tap to select an image.
Swipe left or right ...
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3answers
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Is swipe gesture in Mobile Application distracting users with vertical scroling page ?
Normally Vertical scrolling page that used with up-down gesture for Mobile Application to browse data but also have next page to browse too
Example of Sitemap
Categories (Table List of ...
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2answers
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Are there any conventions for mobile behavior when swiping left/right?
I'm working on a new platform for mobile.
In this platform, the gesture of swiping left (from right to left) acts differently in different contexts.
On an object (a rectangle with details) it opens ...
5
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3answers
194 views
Are there applications or methods for comfortable coding on touch screen devices? [closed]
Coding usually involves a lot of typing, but on touch screen devices too much typing is quite tedious.
Some of that typing could be replaced by autocompletion or autogeneration of code and therefore ...
5
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2answers
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Initializing gesture from continuous input (computer vision multitouch “click”)
I asked a similar question awhile back, but not exactly the same.
I have some multitouch hardware (Microsoft Kinect) that tracks the user in realtime. What is the best technique for initiating a ...
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3answers
2k views
Swipe to expand/collapse left hand navigation
My Android application has a left hand navigation menu similar to the Google TV left hand menu bar. I can programmatically collapse and expand it to make more or less room on the screen. In the narrow ...
4
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2answers
295 views
iPad tap to edit text: how intuitive is this / how can I make it clear to users?
I am building the following iPad UI, and it includes a "tap-to-edit" feature:
I personally like this type of UX - I like UIs where a user can interact directly with a document. However, I'm ...
4
votes
5answers
142 views
How can I teach the user a new gesture?
Our team is building a tool that requires a specific gesture on touch-based devices.
How can we teach the user this gesture?
4
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2answers
78 views
Tap or Drag to mark a specific point?
The scenario
We have a screen with a view containing many small symbols. The user will have to choose a single element. In order to find the correct element, he'll have to pinch and pan. As you can ...
4
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2answers
331 views
Best range of swipe angles
I have a list that can be scrolled vertically, the entries of which are removed by swiping horizontally. I've found that limiting the left/right swiping to strictly horizontal makes it hard to ...
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3answers
626 views
Definition on Touch Gestures
Are there any non-platform specific definitions of touch gestures, that are typically used for devices like Android or iPhone.
I'm trying to write a specification for a multi-platform product that ...
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3answers
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What is the preferred way to toggle fullscreen vs fullscreen with panels on iPhone/iPad?
I have a full screen iPad app that deals with graphics. The user has full screen as canvas, with extra controls added along the bottom and right side of the screen.
I'm looking for an intuitive way ...
2
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4answers
94 views
What methods can I use to develop a gesture library?
There don't seem to be many universally recognised patterns for 3D gestures, such as you might use to interact with something like the Kinect. A previous question looks at Kinect gestures, but there ...
2
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0answers
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Mouse over gesture in touch interface [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are some alternatives to “hover” on touch-based devices?
I'm looking for a touch gesture/ other solution that would replace a mouse over indication ( like we see ...
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vote
3answers
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Which is the best metaphor or gesture for a radio button (YES/NO) on touch screen interface?
I need to design a radio button for selecting/deselecting items using gestures.
The app is on Surface tablet. Users can select/deselect a vehicle they are intersted in.
I would like to go beyond ...
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3answers
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Android widget : how to tell users that a similar looking control does not perform same?
In my android application I am developing a desktop widget that mirrors many important tasks supported by my application. This widget contains two buttons that mirroring their counterparts in the app ...
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2answers
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UI gestures for Kinect, Kinect-type devices
On touch screen devices, there appears to have evolved a standard set of gestures, e.g.
pinch and spread with two fingers for zoom in and zoom out
swipe with one finger to scroll a document
We're ...
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0answers
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Good UI for switching between timelines of different scales [closed]
Looking for some examples of gestural interaction designs for switching quickly between different time horizons – e.g. day, week, month, year, multiple years
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0answers
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Are there gesture specific UI elements that are in common use outside of games? [closed]
With tablets and other touch/gesture devices around plus the prevalence of HTML5/CSS3, I have been looking for examples of new UI elements that are becoming more popular. However, I am surprised that ...
