Comments on: Why Google Android Doesn’t Need Multi-Touch — There’s A Better Metaphor For Zooming http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2009/why-google-android-doesnt-need-multi-touch-theres-a-better-metaphor-for-zooming/ Business, the Google, Sailing, Ad(s). Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:26:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: paulnewser http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2009/why-google-android-doesnt-need-multi-touch-theres-a-better-metaphor-for-zooming/comment-page-1/#comment-402 paulnewser Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:34:04 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=174#comment-402 Phil, thanks for the clarification. I use the word 'created' kind of like how Columbus 'discovered' America. Maybe not first, but first to be widely noticed. Phil, thanks for the clarification. I use the word 'created' kind of like how Columbus 'discovered' America. Maybe not first, but first to be widely noticed.

]]> By: mccjlwind http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2009/why-google-android-doesnt-need-multi-touch-theres-a-better-metaphor-for-zooming/comment-page-1/#comment-403 mccjlwind Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:27:50 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=174#comment-403 I don't see what's wrong with a double tap, it's something that can be done one-handed. Mix that with the rotations mentioned in this article, and yeah, you do have something better than multitouch. I don't see what's wrong with a double tap, it's something that can be done one-handed. Mix that with the rotations mentioned in this article, and yeah, you do have something better than multitouch.

]]> By: paulnewser http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2009/why-google-android-doesnt-need-multi-touch-theres-a-better-metaphor-for-zooming/comment-page-1/#comment-318 paulnewser Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:34:04 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=174#comment-318 Phil, thanks for the clarification. I use the word 'created' kind of like how Columbus 'discovered' America. Maybe not first, but first to be widely noticed. Phil, thanks for the clarification. I use the word 'created' kind of like how Columbus 'discovered' America. Maybe not first, but first to be widely noticed.

]]> By: mccjlwind http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2009/why-google-android-doesnt-need-multi-touch-theres-a-better-metaphor-for-zooming/comment-page-1/#comment-317 mccjlwind Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:27:50 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=174#comment-317 I don't see what's wrong with a double tap, it's something that can be done one-handed. Mix that with the rotations mentioned in this article, and yeah, you do have something better than multitouch. I don't see what's wrong with a double tap, it's something that can be done one-handed. Mix that with the rotations mentioned in this article, and yeah, you do have something better than multitouch.

]]> By: Phil http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2009/why-google-android-doesnt-need-multi-touch-theres-a-better-metaphor-for-zooming/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Phil Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:18:43 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=174#comment-313 > That’s because Apple created the pinch-to-zoom metaphor<br><br>Nitpick: that's not actually true; they acquired it from fingerworks: <a href="http://fingerworks.com/" rel="nofollow">http://fingerworks.com/</a> Good call re: zoom though. > That’s because Apple created the pinch-to-zoom metaphor

Nitpick: that's not actually true; they acquired it from fingerworks: http://fingerworks.com/ Good call re: zoom though.

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