::scr Dressing up the computer

[Piers Cawley]

Piers Cawley <pdcawley-scr@bofh.org.uk> writes:

> Chris Heathcote <chris.list@unorthodoxstyles.com> writes:
>
>> on 8/3/02 3:17 pm, Simon Wistow wrote:
>>
>>> However every new interface that people have tried has always been some
>>> variation on WIMP - Windows, Icons, Mouse and Pointer. Even things like
>>> Lifestreams or the various 3D interfaces.
>>
>> Are mice really that good a way of choosing? They seem to give people RSI
>> more than keyboards... why haven't touch screens become prevalent? Or light
>> pens? I haven't seen a light pen since the ZX Spectrum. There always seems
>> to be a lot of academic research into alternative input devices, but these
>> appear to have gone nowhere.
>
> I confess that the thing that appeals to me would be screen + keyboard
> + gaze tracking + pie menus (as seen in The Sims). If the gaze point
> + remains in one place, and the keyboard is inactive (or possibly if a
> + menu activation key is held down), pop up the appropriate context
> + sensitive pie menu. Look at the right option, hit a key (or click
> + your tongue or something)...

Hmm... looks like the indenter got confused...

-- 
Piers

   "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
    possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
         -- Jane Austen?