Timeline for Any established gesture controls for the "log out" action?
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 12:42 | comment | added | Chris H | @Aron, that's utterly reasonable and quite a nice idea though it does make certain assumptions about the working environment, like every other idea. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 12:40 | comment | added | Aron | As a bonus I would place a static QR code on the stand to help prompt the user, where to place the QR code. Once the QR code is removed, the system would scan the null code to log off. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 12:33 | comment | added | Aron | @ChrisH I was suggestion that the OP build a stand for the QR code. Then the user would have something to physical interact with. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 12:09 | comment | added | Chris H | @Aron that could be hard if the user has to gesture while keeping a QR in view of the camera. But a login/out toggle with the QR doesn't seem right either. I'm not familiar with kinect but perhaps a hybrid of hold up QR to the camera and swipe sideways (think of sweeping away the identifier) could be a step in the right direction. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 3:44 | comment | added | Aron | @DonH If the log-in process is done using a QR code, that is NOT a gesture. It would therefore seem to make sense that the opposite action should mirror it. For example, most websites replace the "Log In" button with a "Log out" button once you are logged in. Similarly, at work, I log in using a smart card. I can log out by removing said card. Consider REMOVING the QR code as a way to "log out". | |
| Sep 9, 2014 at 15:04 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @dan1111: True, generic gestures are the way to go for menu-like interfaces, which is where log out may well be placed. | |
| Sep 9, 2014 at 14:51 | comment | added | user31143 | @O.R.Mapper, ok, I get what you mean. But even then, not every action should be mapped to its own, specific gesture (which is what I take the question to be about). Instead, generic gestures should be used to navigate an interface for lesser-used functions. | |
| Sep 9, 2014 at 13:46 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @dan1111: As far as I remember, the described Guide gestures opens a menu, which is then again controlled with gestures (?) IOW, it is simply a mode change, not a change to a different input method. Gesture-only interfaces make a lot of sense in contexts where there are no other input devices. | |
| Sep 9, 2014 at 13:23 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | "this doesn't seem like a good fit for a gesture" - I agree in scenarios where gestures are offered as a shortcut to conventional input methods. However, isn't part of the idea of Kinect interfaces that you do not have to use any other input devices any more, i.e. gestures are the only way of performing any operation? In that case, everything needs a gesture (including infrequent and unreversable actions), and the question is primarily about which gesture is the most intuitive/suitable one. | |
| Sep 9, 2014 at 13:06 | comment | added | trysis | Do you use sounds/words as well? Perhaps you could combine gestures and words. For example, you could have the user wave and say goodbye, while looking directly at the camera (to prevent accidents). Sometimes your users may want to wave goodbye at someone onscreen, without logging out, but this was only an example. | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 13:23 | comment | added | TMH | It may be useful if you could post some of your exists gestures. The first think I thought of was moving both my hands down, kind of like closing the lid on a chest, but I could see that gesture being (probably better) suitable for many many other things. | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 12:43 | comment | added | user31143 | @DonH, fair enough, I was answering based on general experience of logging out. If your application is a special case where this occurs frequently, then a gesture may make sense. I don't have any help on what gestures would be appropriate, though. | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 12:38 | comment | added | Don H | To be fair, the requirement to log out is not universally a rare action. We're working in a situation where it may be necessary to sign out multiple times per day. Also, logging in is as simple as holding up a QR code, so not too laborious. We won't tend to have easy access to keyboards so I'd be aiming to keep the actions within gestures and spoken words. | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 12:14 | comment | added | UXerUIer | Great point about the action of logging out isn't going to happens as often as other actions. | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 12:05 | history | answered | user31143 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |