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More examples of things like pie menus - Messagease that I've been using since Palm Pilot days http://www.exideas.com/ME/index.php http://www.exideas.com/ME/in

• DonHopkins 8y ago
  Oh wow, who remembers when everybody was carrying Palm Pilots around, beaming their contacts to each other over IR! It was such a "thing" back in its day. David Levitt and I developed a Palm app called "ConnectedTV": a universal remote control integrated with a personalized TV guide. https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*wJL5642D03MaoyBlniV18g.png https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*wJL5642D03MaoyBlni... Stroke replaces Poke: ConnectedTV was designed so you can use it with one hand, without a stylus, with your thumb or finger. That's because you always lose your stylus in the dark living room couch cushions. And also because when you're watching TV in the dark, you usually need your other hand for something else like holding a beer or eating popcorn or whatever (perhaps holding another Palm running PalmJoint). https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*C8_ZNQRAaTUuwYssmNPS8w.png https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*C8_ZNQRAaTUuwYssmN... It had "Touch Tuning" to change the TV channel by touching the name of a TV program, and "finger pies" for stroking out up to four different commands plus tapping on any button or TV program. "Touch Tuning" with ConnectedTV is like speed dialing with the remote: you could forget all those channel numbers, instead you just touch the name of the show you want to watch, and ConnectedTV sent the numbers to change the channel. ConnectedTV also featured "Finger Pies" which enable you to quickly and reliably select several different commands from one button by stroking in different directions. You can stroke the buttons with your finger, to invoke different commands in different mnemonic directions. For example: stroke left and right to page to the previous and next program; stroke up to change the channel to the current program ("send to TV"); stroke down to read more about the current program ("show me more"); stroke the ratings button up ("thumbs up") to add a program to your favorites list; stroke it down ("thumbs down") to add it to your bad programs filter. ConnectedTV was indispensable if you had hundreds of digital cable or satellite channels, because you can filter out the channels and shows you don't like, and mark your favorites so they're easy to find whenever they're on. https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,770400,00.asp https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,770400,00.asp https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=106220169912 https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=106220169912