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Interesting to see how they were, well let's say inspired, by the Iphone. The pinch thing is the most obvious giveaway. It's even more interesting to see that
by mixmax 17y ago
Interesting to see how they were, well let's say inspired, by the Iphone. The pinch thing is the most obvious giveaway.
It's even more interesting to see that they don't get why the Iphone was designed the way it was. It's all about simplicity and form follows function. There's nothing in the iphone's design that doesn't absolutely have to be there. There's no clutter. When you look at the courier it's obvious they haven't grasped this.
- elblanco 17y agoI think I remember seeing the pinch gesture (and a few others) in a Perceptive Pixel demo quite a while before the iPhone came out.
- jimbokun 17y ago"It's all about simplicity and form follows function." In the demo, there were a lot of actions where I did not understand the underlying UI philosophy. Flicking from one application to another (how are the apps spatially related to each other?). Flicking a person's entry onto a todo list to give him access (why doesn't it email it to him, or some other action?). The "pinch" seems to do different things in different contexts, and I'm not sure what ties them together. I get that she was taking photos at one point, but is holding up a book form factor to take a picture going to work ergonomically? And then pressing the button to snap the photo, do you have to balance this open book form factor with just one hand so you can press the button with your other hand? On the other hand, during the original iPhone demo, I kept thinking "of course!" It was clear that Apple had created an entire, consistent UI philosophy for operating a mobile device with just the fingers on one hand, while holding it in the other.