Hi all,
As Norman suggests, consistency with mental models can help avoid confusion for some people. Consistency can also stagnate creativity and freedom of movement.
I wonder what this person's mental model would be if it were real, it certainly is a beautiful one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyMfpJh3h4A
Cheers
Edgar Rodriguez Ramirez
Lecturer | Postgraduate Research Coordinator
PhD Candidate
School of Design
Victoria University of Wellington
Aotearoa - New Zealand
+64 4 4636245
-----Original Message-----
Donald Norman wrote:
> The reason for the change is, presumably, consistency, now
> that gestures are becoming the standard way of moving text around on
> multi-touch screens, and multi-touch will become standard on all systems in
> the next few years, either through touch screens or touchpads (or
> more likely, both).
>
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> Who remembers the early fights about this model? Can anyone remind me of
> how
> we ever decided upon the moving window model rather than the moving text
> one? The transition will cause much confusion, I am certain, and I want to
> get the original rationale right.
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