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[garote]

The keyboard has been around for almost two hundred years. (Typewriter, then PC.)
The fast, full-color, accurate, low-power finger-touch display has only been around for about five.

Imagine what touch-based UI will be like when people ascend a learning curve for it akin to learning touch-typing in the 7th grade.

What will daily life be like when we all know gestures for "find this on a map", "mark this on my to-do list", "unlock the door", "set the timer for nine minutes", and "leave a note here"?

What will musical instruments be like? What will museums be like? Store aisles? Textbooks? Menus?

Comments

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I wonder if people will wave these gestures in the air when talking to describe things. Will we have concerts with iPads? What will happen to the theremin when it's replaced by these?
What about eavesdropping? When you read something and someone else can see from behind you (unlike a smaller screen.)?

[conflictdswitch.livejournal.com]

I think a massive improvement to voice recognition will be the next step. Why touch something when you can talk to it?

[garote]

Because you can do it with your mouth full, and/or without bothering people around you. ;)