Shake to Undo (for Mac OS X)

Think of typing away at this message and then deciding, "never-mind", and reaching up with your right hand and smacking the screen on the edge. Could be a very natural feeling undo.

Re: Shake to Undo (for Mac OS X)

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Post by swlkr » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 1:44 AM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #4

Is this a joke? I'm really, really confused.

I'm pretty sure it's a joke

Re: Shake to Undo (for Mac OS X)

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Post by callahad » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 1:47 AM UTC

mickdarling wrote: post #6

I am guessing this is a nice little joke, BUT... If the sensitivity was just right, and it only measured a shake like smacking the monitor on the side, it might actually make a nice UX. Think of typing away at this message and then deciding, "never-mind", and reaching up with your right hand and smacking the screen on the edge. Could be a very natural feeling undo.

I'm pretty sure there was a virtual desktop manager for OS X around 10.3 or 10.4 that, in one fork, supported smacking each side of the laptop to cycle left or right. I also recall being able to use the ambient light sensors under the speaker grills for the same thing: Cover one with your hand, and the desktops move that way.

It was pretty fantastic.

Re: Shake to Undo (for Mac OS X)

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Post by JGuo » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 1:56 AM UTC

it's like an etch a sketch :)

Re: Shake to Undo (for Mac OS X)

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Post by joejohnson » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 2:00 AM UTC

Ugh, it's not sensitive enough. I don't know how sensitive the HD shock sensor needs to be though... but I wish I could just tap the edge of my monitor.