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 Originally Posted by j_grouchy
The hover detection is not terribly realistic or practical to me. Did you see how close the finger had to be? Have you tried consistently holding your finger 1/8" off the surface of the screen? I can see it being useful on a larger screen...for instance, allowing the user to control the stroke opacity or width in a painting application...or adding a new level of control to image or 3D model manipulation. But on a phone, it wouldn't be so easy.
Actually...
This MIGHT prove to be the missing link for Flash and javascript actions in their UI implementations for "rollovers".
With the current capacitive touch screen, there are no rollovers - if you touch the screen, its considered the same as a "button press" (button "down state", if you are a programmer), and then its all a matter of how long you keep your finger there for an execution or not...
But, with this "vicinity" capability, you can now re-implement that much more intuitive rollover functionality with the detection of the finger within the vicinity of a button, and then execute the button press when the finger actually touches the screen!
Rollovers can highlight buttons, expand menus into submenus, or initiate other actions which relate the to button or GUI element they are assigned to, without pressing the button to execute an action that would be its primary funcition.
I see this as something with huge potential, in that regard. Adobe should be VERY interested in how much this becomes adapted by the mainstream.. maybe even, potentially, become a stratigic investor in the company to help them grow the technology and marketting.
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