> "It's similar to the speed one can reach using keyboard shortcuts, but it could never be popular with pc or mobile since mouse / touch cant adopt it well, and

> "It's similar to the speed one can reach using keyboard shortcuts, but it could never be popular with pc or mobile since mouse / touch cant adopt it well, and those are the methods of input most catered to." Design decisions for software should take the interface into consideration. That said, I do think ring menu systems can work on PC and mobile. Some mobile apps have a context menu triggered by a long press, I could see a ring-type menu working there. As for PC, I'm not aware of that many examples, but the pop up palette in Krita is one example that could be easily adapted to be closer to a SoM/SoE-style ring menu. http://youtu.be/jAJmPwe6IoU http://youtu.be/jAJmPwe6IoU