Dan Saffer - "Tap is the New Click" by NYC IxDA
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"Tap is the New Click"
Even though the technology has been around for decades, only now are we
starting to see mass production and adoption of touchscreen and gestural
devices for the public. Jeff Han's influential 2006 TED demonstration of…
"Tap is the New Click"
Even though the technology has been around for decades, only now are we
starting to see mass production and adoption of touchscreen and gestural
devices for the public. Jeff Han's influential 2006 TED demonstration of his
multitouch system, followed by the launches of Nintendo's Wii, Apple's
iPhone, and Microsoft Surface, have announced a new era of interaction
design, one where gestures in space and touches on a screen will be as
prominent as pointing and clicking.
But how do you create products for this new paradigm? While most of us know
how to design desktop and web applications, what do you need to know to
design for interactive gestures?
This introduction to designing gestural interfaces will cover the basics:
usability and ergonomics; a brief history of the technology; some elemental
patterns of use; prototyping and documenting; and how to communicate that a
gestural interface is present to users.
DATE and TIME
Wednesday, September 17th
6:15 - 7:00 networking and refreshments
7:00 - 8:00 presentation
8:00 - 8:30 Q&A and discussion
Important: Please plan to arrive no later than 6:45 p.m. to clear security
and be seated
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Dan Saffer is an experience design director for Adaptive Path. An
international speaker and author, his writing on design has appeared in
BusinessWeek and many online publications. His acclaimed book Designing for
Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices has been called
"a bookshelf must-have for anyone thinking of creating new designs" and has
been translated into several languages. His new book on interactive gestures
will be published by O'Reilly in October 2008.
Dan is a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and
the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). He received his Master of Design
in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University.
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