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One problem with touch displays is reaching to press an on-screen widget and it suddenly scrolling down or disappearing. The idea here is to add a proximity sensor that freezes the interface, at least the interactive parts and at least near where you are reaching, so that you don't press something else
by mistake.
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Could you elaborate a little bit more please? |
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Do you mean Web pages that move whilst
they are loading, causing buttons and links
to jump around? |
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Well, as an example, my original inspiration for the idea was while listening to the radio hosts talk about links to more information on their website. Now, there is a disconnect between them saying that and me finding it. I thought, "Wouldn't it be nice if radios had small touchscreen displays that were fed transcripts of the radio show, and I could click links on their actual words to get more information, pictures, etc." But, as the text would be scrolling when they talk, this can lead to a moving target. The freezing solves this. |
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It would also do things like prevent other windows from popping up, suspending timeouts that would otherwise remove the widget (like an onscreen keypad that would get replaced by a screensaver), etc. |
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