Designing Gestural Interfaces

Dedication; Preface; WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; HOW TO CONTACT US; SAFARI?? BOOKS ONLINE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1: Introducing Interactive Gestures; 1.1 TAP IS THE NEW CLICK; 1.2 DIRECT VERSUS INDIRECT MANIPULATION; 1.3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF GESTURAL INTERFACES; 1.4 THE MECHANICS OF TOUCHSCREENS AND GESTURAL CONTROLLERS; 1.5 DESIGNING INTERACTIVE GESTURES: THE BASICS; 1.6 DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATE GESTURE; 1.7 FOR FURTHER READING; Chapter 2: Designing for the Human Body; 2.1 BASIC KINESIOLOGY; 2.2 THE ERGONOMICS OF INTERACTIVE GESTURES; 2.3 THE ERGONOMICS OF MOTION; 2.4 DESIGNING TOUCH TARGETS; 2.5 FOR FURTHER READING; Chapter 3: Patterns for Touchscreens and Interactive Surfaces; 3.1 HOW TO USE PATTERNS; 3.2 TAP TO OPEN/ACTIVATE; 3.3 TAP TO SELECT; 3.4 DRAG TO MOVE OBJECT; 3.5 SLIDE TO SCROLL; 3.6 SPIN TO SCROLL; 3.7 SLIDE AND HOLD FOR CONTINUOUS SCROLL; 3.8 FLICK TO NUDGE; 3.9 FLING TO SCROLL; 3.10 TAP TO STOP; 3.11 PINCH TO SHRINK AND SPREAD TO ENLARGE; 3.12 TWO FINGERS TO SCROLL; 3.13 GHOST FINGERS; Chapter 4: Patterns for Free-Form Interactive Gestures; 4.1 PROXIMITY ACTIVATES/DEACTIVATES; 4.2 MOVE BODY TO ACTIVATE; 4.3 POINT TO SELECT/ACTIVATE; 4.4 WAVE TO ACTIVATE; 4.5 PLACE HANDS INSIDE TO ACTIVATE; 4.6 ROTATE TO CHANGE STATE; 4.7 STEP TO ACTIVATE; 4.8 SHAKE TO CHANGE; 4.9 TILT TO MOVE; Chapter 5: Documenting Interactive Gestures; 5.1 WHY DOCUMENT ANYTHING?; 5.2 EXISTING MOVEMENT NOTATION SYSTEMS; 5.3 DOCUMENTING GESTURES IN INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS; 5.4 FOR FURTHER READING; Chapter 6: Prototyping Interactive Gestures; 6.1 FAKING IT: LOW-FIDELITY PROTOTYPES; 6.2 HIGH-FIDELITY PROTOTYPES; 6.3 TESTING PROTOTYPES; 6.4 PROTOTYPING RESOURCES; 6.5 FOR FURTHER READING; Chapter 7: Communicating Interactive Gestures; 7.1 THREE ZONES OF ENGAGEMENT; 7.2 METHODS OF COMMUNICATING INTERACTIVE GESTURES; 7.3 FOR FURTHER READING; Chapter 8: THE FUTURE OF INTERACTIVE GESTURES; 8.1 FUTURE TRENDS; 8.2 TOWARD STANDARDS; 8.3 THE ETHICS OF GESTURES; 8.4 FOR FURTHER READING; A Palette of Human Gestures and Movements; GESTURES FOR TOUCHSCREENS; GESTURES FOR FREE-FORM SYSTEMS; FOR FURTHER READING; Colophon;