DESIGN FOR!
MULTITOUCH
BY ROBERT WINTERS
HI, I’M
ROBERT
@ROBBEDOES ON TWITTER

USER SYSTEM INTERACTION
PDENG. EINDHOVEN,
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
             MY BACKGROUND


USER EXPERIENCE 
NASCOM BELGIUM
             J




                  MY JOB
TODAY’S !
TOUCH POINTS
• WHAT’S OUT THERE
• INTERFACE DESIGN
• INTERACTION DESIGN
• WORKSHOP: LET’S GO HANDS ON!
TYPE OF TOUCH
TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS
• THE USER EXPERIENCE
• THE INTERFACE DESIGN
• THE INTERACTION DESIGN
EXAMPLE
TRACK-!
PADS
YOUR FINGERS
OR HANDS       NEVER 
COVER INFORMATION

INTERFACE ALWAYS VISIBLE
“IF YOU SEE A !
 STYLUS         ”
         THEY BLEW IT
         DIXIT STEVE JOBS
NOT ALWAYS,   STEVE
USE
CASE
DRAWING

• PRESSURE
• ACCURACY 
• POINT AND CLICK INTERFACE


   CURRENT SOFTWARE
BUT!

LET’S STICK!
TO SCREENS!
… AND FINGERS!
AND FINGERS ON THAT SAME   SCREEN
      (YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN)
OUT IN
THE WILD
WHAT TECHNOLOGY DO I CHOOSE 
FOR MY PROJECT OR CLIENT?
CAPACITIVE
BASED ON CONDUCTION


SKIN CONTACT MANDATORY. FAST. RESPONSIVE.
EXPENSIVE. GREAT CHOICE FOR SMARTPHONES,
TABLETS AND MP3 PLAYERS. MOST COMMON.
RESISTIVE
BASED ON PRESSURE

NO SKIN CONTACT MANDATORY.
CHEAP. GREAT CHOICE FOR DIGITAL
SIGNAGE, INDUSTRIAL & STYLUS
OPERATED USE CASES
THE REST
BASED ON REFLECTION
         INFRARED
         IMAGING
             …

                             WORKSHOP

  DIY. LARGE. COST EFFICIENT. 
  RETAIL. INDUSTRIAL. PUBLIC.
  ALSO SEE WIKIPEDIA
IF YOU KNOW THE HARDWARE,
THINK ABOUT HOW IT’S USED
MOBILE
       • MAINLY SINGLE TASK
       • SMALL SCREEN
       • PERSONAL USE




BUT!
DON'T DESIGN ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE


DECLUTTER
SINGLE FUNCTION DESIGN
DESIGN FOR SINGLE USER
TABLET
  • SINGLE & MULTI TASK 
  • AVERAGE SCREEN
  • ENTERTAIN / CONSUME




MULTI FUNCTIONAL
EXTRA REAL ESTATE
DESIGN FOR 1 (MAX 2) USERS
BIG
• LOADS OF REAL ESTATE
• SPECIFIC CONTEXT OF USE
• ADVERTISE. ENTERTAIN. MONITOR …




DESIGN FOR USE CASES
KIOSKS. SIGNAGE. WORK.
OFTEN MULTIPLE USERS
ONCE YOU KNOW HOW IT’S USED,
THINK ABOUT YOUR INTERFACE
MANY TOUCH DEVICES NOWADAYS!
                    S
       DESIGN FOR MOBILE OFTEN
EQUALS DESIGN FOR TOUCH


DESIGN FOR TOUCH DOES NOT ALWAYS
     EQUAL DESIGN FOR MOBILE
                    S
    OTHER MINDSET
MOBILE VS. TABLET




 LIST
    LIST + DETAILS
MIND THE GAP
                               THE FOLD EXISTS TWICE

                           F
                   RF A   CE
    IFFERE NT INTE
D




                    SAME FUNCTIONS?
S MA L L E
         R
NAVIGAT
        ION



                   MORE HEIGHT




          U CT S
LESS PROD
WHEN DEFINING YOUR INTERFACE,
THINK ABOUT HOW YOU DESIGN IT
TOUCH!
BASED DESIGN
DON’T COMBINE 
METAPHORS


     APPLE DESIGN GUIDELINE




      PAPER +
              SCROLL?
TOUCH!
BASED DESIGN
DON’T COPY TACKY
INTERFACES


 BEEN TH
        ERE,   DONE TH
                      AT !
USE METAPHORS 
                                ONLY IF THEY BECOME
                                FUNCTIONAL

INSERT STACK IBOOKS APP IMAGE       AVOID KI
                                             T SCH




                                 I MU S T B
                                            E HALFW
                                                   AY
ENT
                            REDESIGNED CONT




                         LESS IS MORE
                         ON MOBILE WHILE

                         MAGAZINE STYLE
• BIG IMAGES
            WORKS ON A TABLET
• BEAUTIFUL TEXT
• SCANNABLE HEADLINES
MODES!
                                       AVOID CLUTTER
INSERT WEIRD INSCROLLING PAPER IMAGE   ONLY SHOW FUNCTIONS
                                       WHEN THEY ARE RELEVANT

                                       • EDIT IN PLACE
                                       • CONTEXTUAL FEATURES




                                       ONLY IN
                                               EDIT M
                                                      ODE
BLINK AFTER TAP LIVES

I
HOVER!                      RIP



IS DEAD
THINK STATES
THINK PHYSICAL
 THINK BUTTONS
       A




TEXT LINKS ARE UNUSABLE
PS!
BREAK!
THE CONTRAST
OPTIMIZED WEB
  ON AN IPAD
                               Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
                               adipiscing elit.




                               Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
                               adipiscing elit.
      TIRING ON THE EYES
                           A

                   NOISE
                               Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
                               adipiscing elit.
TOUCH!
OPTIMIZED WEB
HTTP://IPHONE.CNET.COM




             LINKED AREA

                           Q
                           A
TOUCH!
OPTIMIZED WEB
HTTP://HM.COM/US/MOBILE




                           A
 MOST RELEVANT FUNCTION
  IN A MOBILE CONTEXT
TOUCH!
OPTIMIZED WEB
HTTP://NIKE.COM
 ON AN IPAD


                 A
CLEANER, SLEEKER, FASTER!




                               LARGE "TAPABLE" AREA
                  SWIPE ME!
WHEN DESIGNING YOUR INTERFACE,
THINK ABOUT INTERACTIONS
                  NATIVE APP
                             LICATIONS
DESIGN FOR
HOW USERS HOLD THEIR DEVICE
THUMBS VS FINGERS. ONE HAND VS TWO HANDS
THUMBS
HAVE EASY ACCESS TO
LOWER PARTS OF THE SCREEN
     AND NEAREST CORNERS
                               SUB MENU
  COVERED AFTER SELECTIONS




                   MAIN MENU
FINGERS
ARE USED MORE WHEN

• THE DEVICE IS NOT HELD
• THE DEVICE HAS A BIG SCREEN
• PRECISE SELECTION IS NEEDED
• USERS USE BOTH HANDS
 T




       WARNING: ASSUMPTIONS
TWO HANDS
COULD BE A SHORTCUT
         DISCOVERA
                     BLE, NOT
                              CRITICAL
                                         1.
                                           PINCH




   2.
     PRESS TO MATCH SIZE
A
    ZOOM IN , ONE HANDED




    ZOOM OUT




A
    ZOOM IN




ASSIGN
FUNCTIONS
BUMPTOP
INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO
AWESOME INTERACTIONS!
LET’S GET OUR HANDS DIRTY
WORKSHOP MULTITOUCH
                    GROUP WORK
WORKSHOP!
TOUCH APPLICATION EUROSCOOP




      MOBILE, TA
                 BLET, KIOS
                            K?


   • CHOOSE PLATFORM
   • FOCUS ON USE CASE
   • CREATE WIREFRAME



                TY P E
 FIREWORKS PROTO
FIN.
 NEED   HELP?
CONTACT!
US
THANK YOU
     WWW.NASCOM.BE
REFERENCES
   • WIKIPEDIA: TYPE OF TOUCH SCREENS
              HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/TOUCHSCREEN!


              • THE TOUCH GESTURE REFERENCE GUIDE!
              HTTP://WWW.LUKEW.COM/FF/ENTRY.ASP?1071!


              • ORIENTATION CSS             
              HTTP://WWW.CLOUDFOUR.COM/IPAD-ORIENTATION-CSS/


              • DESIGNING FOR IPAD REALITY CHECK
              HTTP://WWW.INFORMATIONARCHITECTS.JP/EN/DESIGNING-FOR-IPAD-REALITY-CHECK/


              • MATT GEMMELL 
              HTTP://MATTGEMMELL.COM/2010/03/05/IPAD-APPLICATION-DESIGN


              • DESIGN FOR THE IPAD .NET, ISSUE 204, AUGUST 2010
HANDSCANNER 
                 HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/DNORMAN/2230280579/
                 RUGGED TOUCHSCREEN!
                 HTTP://GETAC.COM
                 TOUCH TABLE AND PEOPLE !
                 HTTP://WWW.FRESHDV.COM/2007/05 + HTTP://WWW.MICROSOFT.COM
                 WACOM TABLET
                 HTTP://WWW.CARBODYDESIGN.COM/GALLERY/2007/11/16-WACOM-CINTIQ-12WX/1/
                 FLIPBOARD AND COFFEE MUG 

                 HTTP://WWW.FLIPBOARD.COM/
                 GUY USING TWO HANDS

                 HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/LIQUENE/3177500623/SIZES/L/IN/PHOTOSTREAM/

                 MACBOOK + IPADS + IPHONES!
                 HTTP://WWW.APPLE.COM
                 JOBS HOLDING IPAD

                 HTTP://WWW.SOFTSAILOR.COM/NEWS/19690-IPAD-WILL-NOT-SUPPORT-TETHERING-VIA-IPHONE-

                 STEVE-JOBS-SAID.HTML
                 JUNGLE TOY SOLDIERS

                 HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/JCLOR/4694454104/

                 SURFACE GAME
                 HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/IMAGESFORTHEFUTURE/4041849181/

                 HTC EVOLVE CONCEPT
IMAGE CREDITS
   HTTP://WWW.HTC.COM

Design for Multitouch

  • 1.
  • 2.
    HI, I’M ROBERT @ROBBEDOES ONTWITTER USER SYSTEM INTERACTION PDENG. EINDHOVEN, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MY BACKGROUND USER EXPERIENCE NASCOM BELGIUM J MY JOB
  • 4.
    TODAY’S ! TOUCH POINTS • WHAT’SOUT THERE • INTERFACE DESIGN • INTERACTION DESIGN • WORKSHOP: LET’S GO HANDS ON!
  • 5.
    TYPE OF TOUCH TECHNOLOGYAFFECTS • THE USER EXPERIENCE • THE INTERFACE DESIGN • THE INTERACTION DESIGN
  • 6.
  • 7.
    TRACK-! PADS YOUR FINGERS OR HANDS NEVER COVER INFORMATION INTERFACE ALWAYS VISIBLE
  • 8.
    “IF YOU SEEA ! STYLUS ” THEY BLEW IT DIXIT STEVE JOBS
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
    BUT! LET’S STICK! TO SCREENS! …AND FINGERS! AND FINGERS ON THAT SAME SCREEN (YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN)
  • 12.
    OUT IN THE WILD WHATTECHNOLOGY DO I CHOOSE FOR MY PROJECT OR CLIENT?
  • 13.
    CAPACITIVE BASED ON CONDUCTION SKINCONTACT MANDATORY. FAST. RESPONSIVE. EXPENSIVE. GREAT CHOICE FOR SMARTPHONES, TABLETS AND MP3 PLAYERS. MOST COMMON.
  • 14.
    RESISTIVE BASED ON PRESSURE NOSKIN CONTACT MANDATORY. CHEAP. GREAT CHOICE FOR DIGITAL SIGNAGE, INDUSTRIAL & STYLUS OPERATED USE CASES
  • 15.
    THE REST BASED ONREFLECTION INFRARED IMAGING … WORKSHOP DIY. LARGE. COST EFFICIENT. RETAIL. INDUSTRIAL. PUBLIC. ALSO SEE WIKIPEDIA
  • 16.
    IF YOU KNOWTHE HARDWARE, THINK ABOUT HOW IT’S USED
  • 17.
    MOBILE • MAINLY SINGLE TASK • SMALL SCREEN • PERSONAL USE BUT! DON'T DESIGN ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE DECLUTTER SINGLE FUNCTION DESIGN DESIGN FOR SINGLE USER
  • 18.
    TABLET • SINGLE& MULTI TASK • AVERAGE SCREEN • ENTERTAIN / CONSUME MULTI FUNCTIONAL EXTRA REAL ESTATE DESIGN FOR 1 (MAX 2) USERS
  • 19.
    BIG • LOADS OF REALESTATE • SPECIFIC CONTEXT OF USE • ADVERTISE. ENTERTAIN. MONITOR … DESIGN FOR USE CASES KIOSKS. SIGNAGE. WORK. OFTEN MULTIPLE USERS
  • 20.
    ONCE YOU KNOWHOW IT’S USED, THINK ABOUT YOUR INTERFACE
  • 21.
    MANY TOUCH DEVICESNOWADAYS! S DESIGN FOR MOBILE OFTEN EQUALS DESIGN FOR TOUCH DESIGN FOR TOUCH DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUAL DESIGN FOR MOBILE S OTHER MINDSET
  • 22.
    MOBILE VS. TABLET LIST LIST + DETAILS
  • 23.
    MIND THE GAP THE FOLD EXISTS TWICE F RF A CE IFFERE NT INTE D SAME FUNCTIONS?
  • 25.
    S MA LL E R NAVIGAT ION MORE HEIGHT U CT S LESS PROD
  • 26.
    WHEN DEFINING YOURINTERFACE, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU DESIGN IT
  • 27.
    TOUCH! BASED DESIGN DON’T COMBINE METAPHORS APPLE DESIGN GUIDELINE PAPER + SCROLL?
  • 28.
    TOUCH! BASED DESIGN DON’T COPYTACKY INTERFACES BEEN TH ERE, DONE TH AT !
  • 29.
    USE METAPHORS ONLY IF THEY BECOME FUNCTIONAL INSERT STACK IBOOKS APP IMAGE AVOID KI T SCH I MU S T B E HALFW AY
  • 30.
    ENT REDESIGNED CONT LESS IS MORE ON MOBILE WHILE MAGAZINE STYLE • BIG IMAGES WORKS ON A TABLET • BEAUTIFUL TEXT • SCANNABLE HEADLINES
  • 31.
    MODES! AVOID CLUTTER INSERT WEIRD INSCROLLING PAPER IMAGE ONLY SHOW FUNCTIONS WHEN THEY ARE RELEVANT • EDIT IN PLACE • CONTEXTUAL FEATURES ONLY IN EDIT M ODE
  • 32.
    BLINK AFTER TAPLIVES I HOVER! RIP IS DEAD THINK STATES THINK PHYSICAL THINK BUTTONS A TEXT LINKS ARE UNUSABLE
  • 33.
    PS! BREAK! THE CONTRAST OPTIMIZED WEB ON AN IPAD Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. TIRING ON THE EYES A NOISE Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
  • 34.
  • 35.
    TOUCH! OPTIMIZED WEB HTTP://HM.COM/US/MOBILE A MOST RELEVANT FUNCTION IN A MOBILE CONTEXT
  • 36.
    TOUCH! OPTIMIZED WEB HTTP://NIKE.COM ONAN IPAD A CLEANER, SLEEKER, FASTER! LARGE "TAPABLE" AREA SWIPE ME!
  • 37.
    WHEN DESIGNING YOURINTERFACE, THINK ABOUT INTERACTIONS NATIVE APP LICATIONS
  • 38.
    DESIGN FOR HOW USERSHOLD THEIR DEVICE THUMBS VS FINGERS. ONE HAND VS TWO HANDS
  • 39.
    THUMBS HAVE EASY ACCESSTO LOWER PARTS OF THE SCREEN AND NEAREST CORNERS SUB MENU COVERED AFTER SELECTIONS MAIN MENU
  • 40.
    FINGERS ARE USED MOREWHEN • THE DEVICE IS NOT HELD • THE DEVICE HAS A BIG SCREEN • PRECISE SELECTION IS NEEDED • USERS USE BOTH HANDS T WARNING: ASSUMPTIONS
  • 41.
    TWO HANDS COULD BEA SHORTCUT DISCOVERA BLE, NOT CRITICAL 1. PINCH 2. PRESS TO MATCH SIZE
  • 42.
    A ZOOM IN , ONE HANDED ZOOM OUT A ZOOM IN ASSIGN FUNCTIONS
  • 43.
  • 44.
    LET’S GET OURHANDS DIRTY WORKSHOP MULTITOUCH GROUP WORK
  • 45.
    WORKSHOP! TOUCH APPLICATION EUROSCOOP MOBILE, TA BLET, KIOS K? • CHOOSE PLATFORM • FOCUS ON USE CASE • CREATE WIREFRAME TY P E FIREWORKS PROTO
  • 46.
    FIN. NEED HELP? CONTACT! US THANK YOU WWW.NASCOM.BE
  • 47.
    REFERENCES • WIKIPEDIA: TYPE OF TOUCH SCREENS HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/TOUCHSCREEN! • THE TOUCH GESTURE REFERENCE GUIDE! HTTP://WWW.LUKEW.COM/FF/ENTRY.ASP?1071! • ORIENTATION CSS HTTP://WWW.CLOUDFOUR.COM/IPAD-ORIENTATION-CSS/ • DESIGNING FOR IPAD REALITY CHECK HTTP://WWW.INFORMATIONARCHITECTS.JP/EN/DESIGNING-FOR-IPAD-REALITY-CHECK/ • MATT GEMMELL HTTP://MATTGEMMELL.COM/2010/03/05/IPAD-APPLICATION-DESIGN • DESIGN FOR THE IPAD .NET, ISSUE 204, AUGUST 2010
  • 48.
    HANDSCANNER HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/DNORMAN/2230280579/ RUGGED TOUCHSCREEN! HTTP://GETAC.COM TOUCH TABLE AND PEOPLE ! HTTP://WWW.FRESHDV.COM/2007/05 + HTTP://WWW.MICROSOFT.COM WACOM TABLET HTTP://WWW.CARBODYDESIGN.COM/GALLERY/2007/11/16-WACOM-CINTIQ-12WX/1/ FLIPBOARD AND COFFEE MUG HTTP://WWW.FLIPBOARD.COM/ GUY USING TWO HANDS HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/LIQUENE/3177500623/SIZES/L/IN/PHOTOSTREAM/ MACBOOK + IPADS + IPHONES! HTTP://WWW.APPLE.COM JOBS HOLDING IPAD HTTP://WWW.SOFTSAILOR.COM/NEWS/19690-IPAD-WILL-NOT-SUPPORT-TETHERING-VIA-IPHONE- STEVE-JOBS-SAID.HTML JUNGLE TOY SOLDIERS HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/JCLOR/4694454104/ SURFACE GAME HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/IMAGESFORTHEFUTURE/4041849181/ HTC EVOLVE CONCEPT IMAGE CREDITS HTTP://WWW.HTC.COM

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Welkom – iedereenaanwezig?Okay, ditvolgenduurtjebestaatuit twee delen. Eerstgaanmaarten en ikkortietsvertellen over touch en meerbepaald over design for multi-touch. En daarnawordt het interactief, kan je wat met de grotetafelspelen, en gaan we samenietsproberentemaken.
  • #3 Ikben Robert, werkzaamhiernaasttenascomals user experience architect. Hiervoorhebik 2 jaar op de universiteit in Eindhoven gewerkt, alsonderzoeker in het veld van User System Interaction. (achtergrond) Datbrilhebiknietechtnodigtrouwens, zorgtergewoonvoordatikeriets slimmer uitzie in foto’s.
  • #4 Bon, hiernaasttewerkgestelddus.Bijnascom. Wijzittenvlakbovenaan de cinema. Waarvroegerdat TV restaurant was. We zijnongeveer met 80 mensen en houdenonsbezig met alleswatinteractief is. Web, mobiel, touch, …
  • #5 Nu,duswaargaan we het vandaag over hebben.
  • #6 Waarom is het belangrijkomtewetenwatvoortechnologieerallemaal is? Wel, het heeftmeestalinvloed op eenaantaldingen in het design process.. User experience in het geheel.Interface design, hoe groot of kleinkanik de knopjesmakenInteraction design, multitouchondersteund?
  • #7 Voorbeeldje van watikhiermeebedoel
  • #8 Als je kijktnaardeze laptop.. Die heefteen heel gevoeligetrackpad. Multitouchwordtondersteund, maar op zich is het ontworpen in eersteinstantieom de muisteverangen. Met anderewoorden, het aanraakgevoeligegedeelteheeftgeen effect op hoe we in het verledenonze interfaces moestenontwerpenomdat we nogaltijd in point click denken. Ook is het zodat de interface nooitbedektzalworden door onzevingers en handen.
  • #9 Steve jobs heeftooitgezegd in een interview kortnadathij de iPadlanceerde, if you see a stylus they blew it. Nu ikkan hoop apparatenopnoemen die ikhebgestest met een stylus werkte, en datsuckteinderdaadredelijk hard.
  • #10 Het is waswelnietaltijdwaar. Soms is het gewoonmakkelijkeromteschrijven.
  • #11 fingerspitsengefül
  • #12 Maarlaten we het bijschermenhouden. En vingers, enja, vingers op die schermen.
  • #13 Als het aankomt op het kiezen van technologiezijn de keuzeseigelijkredelijkbeperkt.
  • #14 In the capacitive system, a layer that stores electrical charge is placed on the glass panel of the monitor. When a user touches the monitor with his or her finger, some of the charge is transferred to the user, so the charge on the capacitive layer decreases. This decrease is measured in circuits located at each corner of the monitor. The computer calculates, from the relative differences in charge at each corner, exactly where the touch event took place and then relays that information to the touch-screen driver software. One advantage that the capacitive system has over the resistive system is that it transmits almost 90 percent of the light from the monitor, whereas the resistive system only transmits about 75 percent. This gives the capacitive system a much clearer picture than the resistive system.
  • #15 The resistive system consists of a normal glass panel that is covered with a conductive and a resistive metallic layer. These two layers are held apart by spacers, and a scratch-resistant layer is placed on top of the whole setup. An electrical current runs through the two layers while the monitor is operational. When a user touches the screen, the two layers make contact in that exact spot. The change in the electrical field is noted and the coordinates of the point of contact are calculated by the computer. Once the coordinates are known, a special driver translates the touch into something that the operating system can understand, much as a computer mouse driver translates a mouse's movements into a click or a drag.
  • #18 Op mobieltjesgaanmensenvooralveelbezigzijn met 1 ding, en maar 1 ding tegelijk. Ikvind het wreedvervelendalsikeensmsjekrijg en bezigben in een app. Alllévervelend is niet het juistewoord, maar het vaaknietmakkelijkomte direct daarnateswitchenafhankelijk van waarikben. Alsikaan het wandelenbenvergt het extra inspanning van mijnhersenenomteswitchennaar de sms viewer. Het scherm is redelijkklein, datzorgtervoordat je zoveelmogelijk clutter moetvermijden. Nu dat is altijdzo, maar op eenmobielapparaat is dit extra belangrijk. Clutter is overbodigezooitrouwens. ;)Shazam: unieke use case in eenmobilee context die toont hoe krachtig single function design eigelijk is.
  • #32 Net zoals in edit states moetgeookdenkenaaninteracties en menu items.
  • #47 Or you can just call us to do all this for you.Thanks for your attention. :)