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SpiderX | 14 years ago

Not even then. Touch interfaces pay no attention to the rotation of a single point, so this would require two fingers, and if even then, you couldn't rotate it more than 180 degrees (try it without lifting up your hand). Scrollbars seem to win as far as touchscreens are concerned. Also, it's dependent on the visual indicator. For example, to set something at 50%, you need to move the visual indicator to the 50% mark. So, you'd need to first determine whether the indicator is clockwise to the mark, or counterclockwise, and rotate in reverse accordingly. Contrast that with a slider - if you want it at 50%, no problem, just put your finger at the 50% mark and you're done - muscle memory can help with this.

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jonknee|14 years ago

Did you even try the demo? I'm using it on an iPad right now and it works great (with one finger even!).

SpiderX|14 years ago

Yes, I'm referring to a 'knob' interface, not this emulation. This is more of a round slider bar.