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Fold 'n' Drop Window Interaction

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-window-smashing dept.

Mints writes "Following up on recent "Desktop Innovation" stories that have left some disappointed, I thought Pierre Dragicevic's exploration of Fold 'n' Drop warranted mention. Described as "a new interaction technique for seamlessly dragging and dropping between overlapping windows", Fold 'n' Drop allows the user to interact with layered or overlapping windows in a very intuitive manner. Refreshingly, Mr. Dragicevic provides both a sample implementation, in Java, and video demos. Mr. Dragicevic is a researcher in Human-Computer Interaction at Intuilab, Toulouse."

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  1. Re:Innovation or Eye Candy? by aonaran · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why is it that FPS gamers seem to think that everyone likes and is good at FPSs?

    I have to disagree with your idea that "the majority of the world" is good at these kinds of gestures as proven by FPS... the majority of the REAL world doesn't play FPSs non-stop. In fact, I'd put money behind my assertion that the majority of the world doesn't play FPSs at all.

  2. Re:Keyboard Navigation Mouse Navigation by evil_marty · · Score: 0, Troll

    I get the same thing, trying it in Firefox and then IE but zip zap nothing. Regardless Windows is a crock of shit. Theres been no real UI innovation since 95. Sure theres the quick launch bar and a chunkier start menu but has my ability to manage and organise windows changed? no!