Comments on: Book review: Designing Gestural Interfaces http://johnnyholland.org/2009/03/book-review-designing-gestural-interfaces/ It's all about interaction Tue, 15 May 2012 15:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jeroen Mulder http://johnnyholland.org/2009/03/book-review-designing-gestural-interfaces/#comment-107107 Jeroen Mulder Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:11:47 +0000 http://johnnyholland.org/?p=1497#comment-107107 I concur. I expected more, even though I had read "Designing for Interaction". I would have liked to see him cover more of the history of touch screens and research done within those fields in the past couple of decades -- in particular the effects of the so called Gorilla Arm syndrome. For me those studies really put touch based interactions into perspective. I still think it's essential to understand the place of touch/gestural interaction as part of a larger world and not see it as a revolutionary new thing that will make everything else obsolete. To be honest, I haven't read all of it, just the parts that looked interesting. Right now, it's sitting on my desk just for future reference. I concur. I expected more, even though I had read “Designing for Interaction”. I would have liked to see him cover more of the history of touch screens and research done within those fields in the past couple of decades — in particular the effects of the so called Gorilla Arm syndrome. For me those studies really put touch based interactions into perspective. I still think it’s essential to understand the place of touch/gestural interaction as part of a larger world and not see it as a revolutionary new thing that will make everything else obsolete.

To be honest, I haven’t read all of it, just the parts that looked interesting. Right now, it’s sitting on my desk just for future reference.

]]> By: David Farkas http://johnnyholland.org/2009/03/book-review-designing-gestural-interfaces/#comment-107106 David Farkas Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:22:07 +0000 http://johnnyholland.org/?p=1497#comment-107106 I actually had the chance to sit in on a Dan Saffer lecture last night and had a chance to briefly discuss the book with him. I mentioned I wish I had the book three years ago, when I started to leave the traditional industrial design mentality and focused more on interaction design. (@laumans) Saffer agreed wholeheartedly that the book is intended for the beginning student level and not as a methodology or toolkit for anyone involved in the field for a few years. I actually had the chance to sit in on a Dan Saffer lecture last night and had a chance to briefly discuss the book with him. I mentioned I wish I had the book three years ago, when I started to leave the traditional industrial design mentality and focused more on interaction design. (@laumans) Saffer agreed wholeheartedly that the book is intended for the beginning student level and not as a methodology or toolkit for anyone involved in the field for a few years.

]]> By: Joel Laumans http://johnnyholland.org/2009/03/book-review-designing-gestural-interfaces/#comment-107105 Joel Laumans Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:31:04 +0000 http://johnnyholland.org/?p=1497#comment-107105 I completely agree with you Jeroen! I haven't read the book from cover to cover, but did look through it for 1-2 hours. Personally I was expecting more from an O'Reilly book, this is (in my opinion) too shallow for anyone who has been following the industry news for the past couple of years. Don't get me wrong, it's a great book to have as a reference to the basics of gestural interfaces, but I think the content is weak and doesn't have enough depth behind how people experience gestural interfaces (as opposed to 'traditional interfaces') I completely agree with you Jeroen!

I haven’t read the book from cover to cover, but did look through it for 1-2 hours. Personally I was expecting more from an O’Reilly book, this is (in my opinion) too shallow for anyone who has been following the industry news for the past couple of years.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great book to have as a reference to the basics of gestural interfaces, but I think the content is weak and doesn’t have enough depth behind how people experience gestural interfaces (as opposed to ‘traditional interfaces’)

]]> By: Boyd http://johnnyholland.org/2009/03/book-review-designing-gestural-interfaces/#comment-107104 Boyd Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:50:03 +0000 http://johnnyholland.org/?p=1497#comment-107104 The way the book is set up sounds very similar like an earlier book that he wrote (Design For Interaction). A width scale of information but no a lot of depth. Maybe its better to see the book as a short introduction to the field of gesture interfaces. The way the book is set up sounds very similar like an earlier book that he wrote (Design For Interaction). A width scale of information but no a lot of depth. Maybe its better to see the book as a short introduction to the field of gesture interfaces.

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