Comments on: Enhancing natural behaviour – Natural zooming, anyone? http://www.mintusability.com/2008/10/18/enhancing-natural-behaviour-natural-zooming-anyone/ User interface rambles, projects and random thoughts. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:13:34 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nokia: Camera phones will make SLRs obsolete | Mint Usability http://www.mintusability.com/2008/10/18/enhancing-natural-behaviour-natural-zooming-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Nokia: Camera phones will make SLRs obsolete | Mint Usability Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:14:21 +0000 http://mintusability.com/?p=130#comment-1058 [...] Camera controls You remember when you were taking a picture of your friend with your pocket camera. Remember how it turned easier to get the zoom level just where you wanted just by walking backwards or forwards. This is because the goal of pocket camera is to fit into the pocket. It is not to provide highly usable product, only the size matters. With SLR’s the whole thing is reversed. The size “problem” is almost nonexistent and the usability is what rules the streets. The zoom/focus rings are what makes SLR zoom accurate and fast, currently no digital substitute exists (except perhaps the Natural Zooming concept). [...] [...] Camera controls You remember when you were taking a picture of your friend with your pocket camera. Remember how it turned easier to get the zoom level just where you wanted just by walking backwards or forwards. This is because the goal of pocket camera is to fit into the pocket. It is not to provide highly usable product, only the size matters. With SLR’s the whole thing is reversed. The size “problem” is almost nonexistent and the usability is what rules the streets. The zoom/focus rings are what makes SLR zoom accurate and fast, currently no digital substitute exists (except perhaps the Natural Zooming concept). [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.mintusability.com/2008/10/18/enhancing-natural-behaviour-natural-zooming-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-158 admin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:06:13 +0000 http://mintusability.com/?p=130#comment-158 Thanks! (for some reason I didn't get alert for your comment :/) Yeah, I wish I would have the time and the skill to make proper demo app, unfortunately I'm far too busy (or I'm supposed to be at least :P) making other project, which is practically all the effort I can project to programming right now. But that's why I put it there, if someone else who has the time and the skill gets interested of the idea and decides to create demo app. It's all there to help the "community". :) My only problem was that I wasn't sure if I wrote it the way that people could actually understand what I'm talking about, without rambling on for 10 pages. Haven't read that paper, just downloaded and will definately be checking it out! Definately will be checking your blog too, since I'm working with touch panel applications at the moment. :) -M Thanks! (for some reason I didn’t get alert for your comment :/)

Yeah, I wish I would have the time and the skill to make proper demo app, unfortunately I’m far too busy (or I’m supposed to be at least :P ) making other project, which is practically all the effort I can project to programming right now. But that’s why I put it there, if someone else who has the time and the skill gets interested of the idea and decides to create demo app. It’s all there to help the “community”. :) My only problem was that I wasn’t sure if I wrote it the way that people could actually understand what I’m talking about, without rambling on for 10 pages.

Haven’t read that paper, just downloaded and will definately be checking it out!

Definately will be checking your blog too, since I’m working with touch panel applications at the moment. :)

-M

]]> By: Kevin Arthur http://www.mintusability.com/2008/10/18/enhancing-natural-behaviour-natural-zooming-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Kevin Arthur Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:39:51 +0000 http://mintusability.com/?p=130#comment-157 Interesting idea. If you haven't already, you should check out a paper from CHI 2008 called "Lean and Zoom: Proximity-Aware User Interface and Content Magnification" by Chris Harrison and Anind Dey. Theirs was on a desktop system rather than mobile but the idea is similar. (I'm sure they're not the first to think of it either -- I remember seeing the same thing implemented in a virtual reality system 10 or 15 years ago.) It's a neat idea for the mobile space... you should make an iPhone or G1 demo app. :) Nice blog (found just found it via Google Alerts). Interesting idea. If you haven’t already, you should check out a paper from CHI 2008 called “Lean and Zoom: Proximity-Aware User Interface and Content Magnification” by Chris Harrison and Anind Dey. Theirs was on a desktop system rather than mobile but the idea is similar. (I’m sure they’re not the first to think of it either — I remember seeing the same thing implemented in a virtual reality system 10 or 15 years ago.) It’s a neat idea for the mobile space… you should make an iPhone or G1 demo app. :)

Nice blog (found just found it via Google Alerts).

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