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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 uses touch gestures. However, people have different opinions (depending on the platform they come from) what each gesture means.

So I was wondering if there is any "standard" definition on touch gestures. On Wikipedia this is the best I could find. But I'm sure people who are working on academic UI research must have some standard definitions.

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This may be of use - Open Source Gesture Library

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Tailor your gestures to the platform you are using. Users are already familiar with the the gestures of the platform, so use the same in your specification.

iPhone and Android both have resources for their standard gestures.

And this guide might be a good place to start: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1071

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  • I was emphasizing on a non-platform specific definition, because we're building a multi-platform solution and we're not developing standard gestures. It was more about using common names.
    – znq
    Jun 7, 2011 at 14:48
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The Dan Saffer book "Designing Gestural Interfaces" is probably relevant.

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