Comments on: High-Tech Navigation in the Palm of Your Hand http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/24/high-tech-navigation-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lawrence Miller http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/04/24/high-tech-navigation-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/#comment-62596 Lawrence Miller Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:02:09 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2437#comment-62596 I also saw this on Geekbrief.tv, and took a look at the clusta site and HRP demo. I think this is a pretty terrible idea. Web 2.0 Wow Factor run amok. The moving ink effect meant that every page transition took far, far longer than it needed to; it was pretty, but the prettiness got in the way of the functionality. Or would have, were any functionality to appear on the clusta site. The webcam demo itself was impossible to find from the main clusta site, and I quickly got sick of clicking around for it given how long each click took, and came back here to look up the separate url for the demo. The The actual gesture recognition wasn't terrible; certainly as a demo it presents a lot of promise for future ideas, but mainly in terms of standing in front of a large display (after all, the webcam still needs to be able to see the user). Sitting at my desk, I quickly switched back to my mouse, where the gestures needed to navigate, namely pointing and clicking, were much more precise and efficient. I also saw this on Geekbrief.tv, and took a look at the clusta site and HRP demo. I think this is a pretty terrible idea. Web 2.0 Wow Factor run amok. The moving ink effect meant that every page transition took far, far longer than it needed to; it was pretty, but the prettiness got in the way of the functionality. Or would have, were any functionality to appear on the clusta site.

The webcam demo itself was impossible to find from the main clusta site, and I quickly got sick of clicking around for it given how long each click took, and came back here to look up the separate url for the demo. The The actual gesture recognition wasn’t terrible; certainly as a demo it presents a lot of promise for future ideas, but mainly in terms of standing in front of a large display (after all, the webcam still needs to be able to see the user). Sitting at my desk, I quickly switched back to my mouse, where the gestures needed to navigate, namely pointing and clicking, were much more precise and efficient.

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