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On 14 Jul 2006, at 17:47, Chris Kaminski wrote:


>> Might be useful for this 3D UI too, although I bet it's
>> tiring and RSI-inducing.
>
> Tiring maybe, but not so much RSI-inducing: RSI comes from making  
> the *exact
> same* motion over and over and over, and most often from motions  
> which are
> very limited in range. The 'Minority Report'-style UI would allow a  
> much
> broader range of movement, which would actually help

Well, that kind of area of injury.  Doing the same kind of motions  
with the arms/wrists/hands in an _unnatural_ position.  I know that  
orchestra conductors complain of RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome among  
other things.

I just get "my arms hurt like hell" syndrome.

What I'd like is the Minority Report interface, but on my desk, and a  
few tiny cordless piezo haptic feedback doodats on my fingertips to  
simulate the feedback of mouse clicks, keypresses, etc.  Much nicer  
than having to grip a mouse all day.  I'm happy for the actions to be  
"detached" from the visual representation (ie. I don't necessarily  
want the screen embedded in my desk)



> The 'neat piles' for you, then?
> You can make a messy desktop with a 2D UI as well. I expect you  
> could do a
> very gridlike one with this, too.

Nah...  I don't see the point.  A nice tabular list presented face-on  
seems most efficient for my tastes.

Why do real-world paradigms seem to be so desirable in research  
anyway?  I use a computer because it lets me do stuff I can't easily  
do in the real world, so I don't care if it's like the real world.  I  
specifically don't like things being constrained by physics.  In the  
real world, physics pisses me off! :)

Well, to be honest, I think it'll go the same way as Microsoft Bob,  
Iris Explorer (the "I know this, this is a UNIX system!" thing in  
Jurassic Park), and VRML.

VRML was meant to be the next great thing with everything in 3D.  I  
always felt that 2D's nicer for a lot of things... otherwise  
newspapers would be done as pop-up books.


Tom

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