current status Contour - activating/opening a resource with an arrow

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Thursday, June 16, 2011 17:19:06 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> So we need to find the $other-gesture either for selecting or opening, or
> decide that double-tap is the next best option and go with that.

double tap should be our last resort imho. reasons:

* many items in the UI are single tap, and for good reason. introducing double 
tap as an important gesture leads to the same stupidity as on the desktop: 
some thing you single, some thing you double, and lord knows which is which 
(as a mere mortal user)

* hitting something twice, even with the finger, is remarkable less enjoyable 
(it feels like i'm hammering on something .. it's not a "happy" interaction) 
than pressing and moving. probably because of the analogs in the real world: 
what do we double tap anywhere, other than things that aren't working and so 
you need to press them again and again?

> hold gestures are not a good idea since they

yes, hold sucks for the reasons you note.

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