New Multi-Touch Gestures on iPad iOS 4.3

Re:New Multi-Touch Gestures on iPad iOS 4.3 by csytan on Thursday January 13, 2011 @03:52AM (#2099263)

4 finger swipe already exists on OSX as a system wide gesture for Expose and Application switching. No, it's not exactly an apples to apples comparison as OSX doesn't depend on gestures as heavily, but the tradeoff is well worth the benefit.

You no longer need to push on a physical button to switch between apps!

Re: the container peeking through the application's interface.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing either. I'd argue that consistency can (in some cases) be more important than giving application developers total control. Have you ever been to a site which intercepts right clicks so that you can't copy and paste?

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Re:New Multi-Touch Gestures on iPad iOS 4.3 by statictype on Thursday January 13, 2011 @04:18AM (#2099303)

I don't know, I think I'd rather have a physical button that I can press with the hand I hold the phone with than have to do a four-figured operation on the screen.

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Re:New Multi-Touch Gestures on iPad iOS 4.3 by jarin on Thursday January 13, 2011 @05:09AM (#2099381)

I don't think the four-finger operations are on the iPhone/iPod, I think they're only on the iPad.

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Re:New Multi-Touch Gestures on iPad iOS 4.3 by BigZaphod on Thursday January 13, 2011 @09:44AM (#2099902)

Correct. At least, that's the info that's currently available. :) If you try fitting 4/5 fingers on the phone, it's way too small to work well anyway. I don't expect them to show up there. If they do remove the button, I'd expect to see it only removed from the iPad.

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