Need your opinion on PadKite, the first multitouch mobile mouse...shoot

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Post by JoseVigil » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 2:28 AM UTC

Need your opinion on PadKite, the first multitouch mobile mouse...shoot
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Post by Tekahera » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 2:47 AM UTC

I wouldn't really call it a mouse, but it's a good idea to decouple the cursor on a touch-screen from the point of finger contact, for visibility reasons. Somehow, I don't seem to have this problem with the iPhone, it clicks the right links almost all the time, but it used to drive me nuts on Android. Maybe the screen is physically more precise on the iPhone, but this is definitely solving a pain point for Android devices. The gesture system is just the icing on the cake, it makes interaction so much smoother.

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Post by maerek » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 2:53 AM UTC

There was a really interesting panel at SXSW this year regarding the 'Future of Touch User Interface' by two guys from Microsoft (http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5984). I think trying to create a mouse interface on a touch device is almost a regression, not a step forward. I'd much rather see improved touch w/ voice integration, better multitouch, etc.

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Post by thekevan » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 3:25 AM UTC

I really don't understand the other negative posts. If this works half as well as the video says, I would pay for it.

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Post by joshu » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 3:29 AM UTC

Tekahera wrote: post #2

I wouldn't really call it a mouse, but it's a good idea to decouple the cursor on a touch-screen from the point of finger contact, for visibility reasons. Somehow, I don't seem to have this problem with the iPhone, it clicks the right links almost all the time, but it used to drive me nuts on Android. Maybe the screen is physically more precise on the iPhone, but this is definitely solving a pain point for Android de…

A million times yes.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 3:32 AM UTC

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Post by keyvanraoufi » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 3:44 AM UTC

I think it's a very interesting concept. My only concern is using two fingers for most of functions. Personally for me, it's not practical. Also, as the video mentioned, our fingers are big and clunky, so an added finger would block even more of the screen from the user. But I love the idea and the effort put towards solving this problem.

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Post by pero » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 4:03 AM UTC

So I've got this installed and from the looks of it, it's a web browser with innovative interfacing--or am I missing something?

And like someone else already pointed out, one handed control is the holy grail here...

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Post by RK » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 4:06 AM UTC

While it is somewhat descriptive, I'm not a fan of the name.

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Post by pedalpete » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 4:09 AM UTC

I really like the idea, but it seems from the video that the cursor is really quite a distance from the users finger.

I agree that we may want a small degree of improvement, but I think it is important to keep the simplicity of touch.

Can you maybe give some insight into why you decided to have such a large distance from the users finger to the cursor? as opposed to just having a cursor be an pointy extension to our fingers?