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The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This
kylevh writes "On one side, there are the people who think that a traditional GUI—one built on windows, folders and the old desktop metaphor—is the only way to go for a tablet. In another camp, there are the ones who are dreaming about magic 3D interfaces and other experimental stuff, thinking that Apple would come up with a wondrous new interface that nobody can imagine now, one that will bring universal love, world peace and pancakes for everyone. Both camps are wrong: The iPhone started a UI revolution, and the tablet is just step two. Here's why." There are lots of cool UI ideas in there, even if it is entirely speculation. It's worth a read just to think about what the future could be like.
yes. exactly. It's not so much about a better UI, that's just a crutch, a work around. Tablet sensors on the market today just are not fast or accurate enough, well ok, I don't know about those $5000 ones for artists. Writing with your hand on a tablet is like using a fat crayon, and in till it can interpret the center of my finger as a fine line with no input lag, it's a problem. On the silly drawing program on my tablet I can run 2 fingers across the screen and it takes half a second for the paint lines on the screen to catch up and draw it. Not just hand writing, but hand writing requisition. I've seen improvements with pressure sensoring and improvements with finger centering, but it's not good enough.