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This presentation explores the benefits and challenges of touch interfaces for appliances, emphasizing natural and intuitive interactions suitable for novice users. Touch interfaces offer portability, compactness, and soft buttons, but may have reduced accuracy and require cleanliness for optimal performance. The session includes insights on touch guidelines for developing user-friendly applications that cater to non-IT specialists. Learn about sizing, touch guidelines, and kiosk guidelines, as well as Microsoft recommendations for multitouch gestures.
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Brugergrænseflader til apparater BRGA Presentation 12: Touch
Touch Interfaces • Natural and intuitive • Well suited for novice users • Less intrusive • Portable and compact • Good for appliances • Allows for soft buttons • Direct and engaging • Reduced accuracy • Dirty screens • Higher costs
Suited for non IT specialists? Intel Healthguide – touch only – for elderly Tablet PC for healthcare professionals
All Windows programs should be touchable! • All Windows programs should have a great touch experience. Users should be able to perform your program's most important tasks efficiently using their fingers
Sizing • Microsoft provides size guidelines
Touch Guidelines • Even if it works for mouse, might not work for touch. • If UI works well for a finger, also works for a pen • Use bright background colors • Use a textured background fill or halftones • Turn cursor off • No tactile feedback – use sound / animation • Small controls difficult to use • Text input and selection difficult • Ensure enough space between controls
Kiosk Guidelines (ELO) • Limit amount of text • Consider digitized speech • Rule of thumb-sized buttons • No double-clicking • No pull-down menus • No scrolling or scroll bars • No dragging • Simple navigation (back, forward, start) • Do not use your web site as a kiosk • Must not look like a PC • Keyboard and mouse might be turn-off
Simple Getstures • Microsoft guidelines on synthesizing mouse/keyboard
Flicks • Microsoft Flicks Guidelines for touch XP/VISTA Windows 7
Multitouch Gestures • Microsoft recommends following gestures: Rotate Panning Zooming Press and tap Two finger tap