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Seems like this was made by Craig Kaplan ( https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/ ). Had him for graphics while at school there, and he was a fantastic professor
Doesn't work well on phones though, you really need a tablet. When you get to 4 fingers, it starts randomly losing track of a finger or two when fingers get close to each other. I tried two different Android phones and an iPhone.
it gets really hard when you need to figure out how to rotate and keep multiple fingers on the screen while sliding
Really cool!
it gets really hard when you need to figure out how to rotate and keep multiple fingers on the screen while sliding
Cheating tip; use two hands, place your finger on both of the sliders, then almost complete the first one, then finish the second one.
What's annoying and counter to popular convention / user expectations is that you have to keep your finger in the established path to keep grip of the "ball". (S'pecially given your finger often blocks the view of it).
The feedback is immediate and highly discoverable.
The Lock Screen on your phone has totally different criteria (ease, muscle memory) than a toy that uses the same metaphor (fun/challenging)
Also: isn’t it more fun this way??