advantages and disadvantages of multitouch interfaces
What are the advantages and disadvantages of multitouch interfaces? How useful are they? Explain.
Extremely good for object manipulations - Touch, drag, “pinch” to zoom in and out, slide finger up and down or sideways as if they were physical objects without moving a mouse, pressing buttons or striking keys. For example, Perceptive Pixel offers pressure-sensitive multi-touch displays that can sense an unlimited number of simultaneous touches with accuracy and precision. Their displays come bundled with the right software and have applications in broadcasting, medical imaging, data exploration, digital storyboarding, industrial design and more.
More versatile than single-touch interfaces as opposed to the single-touch screen, which recognizes only one touch point. Multitouch interface allows one or more fingers to perform gestures to manipulate objects.
Multi touch gestures are easier to remember than commands - Based on ingrained human movements that do not have to be learned. Touch is ideal for consuming/presenting information. Because it is a more natural interface, it increases user productivity.
Collaborative use - before the multitouch technology was invented, even with computer display connected to an external projector and another mouse, it was impossible for more than one person to make edits when pulling together a PowerPoint presentation. There is now an operating system that would support a minimum of dual input for “group conversations” on a single workstation. Made editing easier as more than one person can make edits to a project or presentations at the same time.
There are some disadvantages for the multi touch that might be a problem to some and to others might be only a simple accommodation to new technology.
Eyes on
Touch screen interfaces are nearly all “eyes on”. You cannot type by touch while your eyes are occupied elsewhere like most cases of 12-17 year old kids than can text and type without looking. With an all touch-screen
Extremely good for object manipulations - Touch, drag, “pinch” to zoom in and out, slide finger up and down or sideways as if they were physical objects without moving a mouse, pressing buttons or striking keys. For example, Perceptive Pixel offers pressure-sensitive multi-touch displays that can sense an unlimited number of simultaneous touches with accuracy and precision. Their displays come bundled with the right software and have applications in broadcasting, medical imaging, data exploration, digital storyboarding, industrial design and more.
More versatile than single-touch interfaces as opposed to the single-touch screen, which recognizes only one touch point. Multitouch interface allows one or more fingers to perform gestures to manipulate objects.
Multi touch gestures are easier to remember than commands - Based on ingrained human movements that do not have to be learned. Touch is ideal for consuming/presenting information. Because it is a more natural interface, it increases user productivity.
Collaborative use - before the multitouch technology was invented, even with computer display connected to an external projector and another mouse, it was impossible for more than one person to make edits when pulling together a PowerPoint presentation. There is now an operating system that would support a minimum of dual input for “group conversations” on a single workstation. Made editing easier as more than one person can make edits to a project or presentations at the same time.
There are some disadvantages for the multi touch that might be a problem to some and to others might be only a simple accommodation to new technology.
Eyes on
Touch screen interfaces are nearly all “eyes on”. You cannot type by touch while your eyes are occupied elsewhere like most cases of 12-17 year old kids than can text and type without looking. With an all touch-screen