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  <title><![CDATA[Designing Gestural Interfaces: Touchscreens and Interactive Devices]]></title>
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  <default_description>Nintendo's Wii and Apple's iPhone have introduced the public to the power of using gestures to control devices and interactive systems. But how exactly do you design for this new interaction paradigm? It isn't like designing for traditional websites or software, but until now, there has been little written about these new interfaces, which will only grow in number and variety over the next few years. Designing Gestural Interfaces examines current patterns and trends in this new area, discussing emerging patterns of use, how to design and document interactive gestures, provides an overview of the technologies surrounding touchscreens and interactive environments, communicating to users how to use these new systems, and ways to prototype gestural interfaces.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dan Saffer]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[a fine primer for getting designers to start thinking about using gestures for controlling interfaces. i wasn't blown away by it because it seemed a bit basic.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are looking for a book dealing with multitouch interfaces, you'll probably be disappointed.<br/>This book embraces the whole thing of 'Gestural Interfaces'; and there is a bunch of things you'll learn about these.<br/>But regarding the most publicised 'multitouch' interfaces (like iPhone, J...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41028842">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dan Saffer's book provides such an easily accessible and well-illustrated introduction to touchscreen and gestural design that for a minute you think &quot;wait, that's it? That's so easy&quot; because he makes good design principles and practices look like child's play. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good grounding book on gestural interaction design. Will be dated easily, best to check out Dan Saffer's blog for the book for more recent info.]]></body>
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