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November 11, 2011 03:44 am GMT
Coming up with new gestures that can be performed with one, two, or three fingers is a surprisingly difficult job. Many are proposed; few actually make it into daily use. Here's one from Apple entitled "hold and swipe," in a recent-ish patent application. But is it really new?I'm leaving out the part where patenting a gesture is an absurdity, because that's an entirely separate issue. Let's take a look at whether this gesture is a no-brainer or a non-starter.
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A New Gesture Appears In Apple Patent: Hold-And-Swipe
Coming up with new gestures that can be performed with one, two, or three fingers is a surprisingly difficult job. Many are proposed; few actually make it into daily use. Here's one from Apple entitled "hold and swipe," in a recent-ish patent application. But is it really new?I'm leaving out the part where patenting a gesture is an absurdity, because that's an entirely separate issue. Let's take a look at whether this gesture is a no-brainer or a non-starter.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/npnINRomPJY/
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