Multitouch is great. We like it a lot. Except when it’s totally unnecessary and just make our flabby arms tired, like in this demo of a multitouch media transfer application for Windows 7.
The app, by PQ-DVD (they make iPod video conversion software), is supposedly the first to use multitouch to organise media on the iPod. It looks really slick, like if you plugged iThing into a Surface table. But it also kinda looks like a lot of work to move stuff on to it, like more than just shift-clicking a list of crap to dump onto it. Even if you bring the arm motions down to a finger level, I still think a mouse would be quicker/lazier, and when it comes to this kind of thing, convenience should be above all. But hey, maybe actually moving all of your crap around with your hands provides gratification to someone out there, like if they stopped buying CDs or actual physical media forever. [Hot Hardware]
Multitouch is great. We like it a lot. Except when it’s totally unnecessary and just make our flabby arms tired, like in
Bloomy
December 11, 2008 at 1:07 PM
I tend to agree, that it all looks like hard work to sort everything out on the screen and put them back. I think the nice thing though is that it isn’t technical looking so anyone should be able to do this. I like the no wires approach also. Just put the iphone on the screen and its connected.
The thing to remember is that this is more of a technology demonstration than any practical application. It should prompt ideas and discussion about computer interface and interaction design. Maybe there could be a gesture to sort all the pictures and videos and place them nicely across the screen. Its all just software! Release your mind!
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