WhiteyMcBrown says:

The guy lost me when he got to using 3 fingers to move applications around and then four fingers and then introducing two hands for multitouch. I shouldn’t have to memorize so many functions.

Holding the application’s title should allow me to move the application in that “row” thing of his.

Sorry… it was alright at first. This won’t be the winner.

stopher2475 says:

Hey, that only took 7 minutes to “GET TO THE POINT!”

badtimes says:

I think Dallas is right- the next step needs to be better integration of voice commands. This concept is intriguing but I don’t think I’d switch; I’m comfortable with mouse/keyboard and it works well for me.
The first thing I thought of was replacing the mixing console for DAWs, but I think the lack of tactile feedback would be a drawback there.

Tippis says:

…and funnily enough, most of this already exists if you choose to use an OS (and/or apps) that make good use of the keyboard through shortcuts and quick commands and all that. The speed with which I can “type” command sequences in tools such as Total Commander will blow any kind of pointer-control-paradigm out of the water even with the fancy UI suggested here.

Greg Allen says:

Sounds great to me! But, they need a better name for it! I’ve already forgotten the name and I just watched the video. (“10-something” I think.)

I have always thought “windows” was the wrong metaphor for computing. Task-switching under DOS was more intuitive.

As for the interface — I hope this touch technology is better than the touchpads on laptops which don’t work for me.

Greg Allen says:

A new interface for phones and other hand-helds is surely where the big money will be.

The QWERTY keyboard (real or simulated) sucks.

Text input has to be done with one hand so the other hand remains availble to deal with real life. (hopefully not driving!)

You have five available fingers when holding a phone — this seems like enough for fast-enough text input.

This is the time to make the break from QWERTY — while the market is young. If all the major manufacturers launched a new standard, the kids would learn it.

carp_l says:

Hold your hands in that ‘claw like’ position on
a hard and flat surface for 20 minutes and let me know how it feels.

When I first used a mouse I thought, “Why does
the clicking take such a light press?” And
“Why is there such little resistance to the
sliding?” After 8 plus hours you know why.

They also should rework the audio in this.
The generic background music is way to loud relative to the speaker.

cakes says:

So the 13 button mouse I’ve been designing is already obsolete?

Jim says:

The UI isn’t particularly earth-shaking, and it doesn’t really use the touch interface in a powerful manner.

Without non-visual feedback most new interfaces are just rehashes of most things that have already come through.

I found it very amusing that they didn’t just use the touchpad as a keyboard, which would be an obvious use for an expensive add-on.

Scooter says:

The other problem with this (other than those stated above) is that the mouse is adaptable to those with disabilities. I’m thinking of blow tubes and the sensors that register eye movements to control a cursor. How the heck is someone supposed to control an interface like this using those types of devices?? The idea is great but it is flawed in execution.