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From: Peter Ceresole on 12 Jun 2010 14:59 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > That's being worked on - vibration can be used to provide good tactile > feedback on what you call smooth devices. I know. But I've never experienced a device that did it in a convincing way. The buttons on my Nokia may be smaller than the virtual ones on the iPhone (or on the iTouch which I have) but I much prefer using them. -- Peter
From: Rowland McDonnell on 12 Jun 2010 15:36 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > That's being worked on - vibration can be used to provide good tactile > > feedback on what you call smooth devices. > > I know. Could have mentioned it when you talked about the smooth gear. >But I've never experienced a device that did it in a convincing > way. Like I said, that's being worked on. The good stuff's still in the lab AFAICT - not yet developed well enough to `go live' as far as I can tell, not yet. At least, not for most jobs. I expect they've got some things they can do well this way. [snip] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Peter Ceresole on 12 Jun 2010 15:43
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Could have mentioned it when you talked about the smooth gear. Why? It doesn't work yet. And devices have been getting worse for blind people for years; the programmes I was making were more than 13 years ago. -- Peter |