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> On a touchscreen, every use case is equally painful compared to more precise input methods. Touchscreen input could actually be quite precise if it was based
by zozbot234 2y ago
> On a touchscreen, every use case is equally painful compared to more precise input methods.
Touchscreen input could actually be quite precise if it was based on specialized gestures such as swiping and pie menus. Extensions of Fitt's law (that mouse-based interfaces are heavily based upon) have been developed that are applicable to swiping tasks, viz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steering_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steering_law
- wonger_ 2y agoI'm curious about alternative inputs like swiping and pie menus, or two-finger inputs, or inputs relying on corners and edges. Do you know any apps that use specialized gestures?
- dredmorbius 2y agoEither PocketBook or FBReader for Android used pie menus in at least some versions. I'd used it on an old Android 5 device where the pie menus were present for some functions. They don't appear on my e-ink Android 10 device. Not sure if that's the device / Android version or an app update. <https://pocketbook.ch/en-ch/app https://pocketbook.ch/en-ch/app> <https://fbreader.org/android https://fbreader.org/android> (Not positive which it was, though I think it was PocketBook. Device is not presently accessible.) As for the pie menus: they were useful in some cases, but aren't a universal panacea for all touch UI problems.