S60 Issues Updated Touch UI Video
Just a few days before Apple dishes the official skinny on the upcoming 3G iPhone and puts an end to all of the rumors, photoshops and speculations (thankfully), S60 has issued an updated video showcasing the upcoming S60 Touch UI. You’ll recognize plenty of the content from the original clip they released, but tons of additional demo footage has been added and we get to see a whole lot more of the UI. Nice. From a visual standpoint plenty is still vanilla S60 but now that more of the UI is visible we can see several nice additions and refinements. Actually, the updated OS is looking pretty sweet. Of concern however, is the part of the video where the woman opens the browser and accesses YouTube. You can see a close up of the YouTube page as the woman drags her finger downward to scroll down (2:06). No, no, no. This is fine if you’re dragging a scrollbar because the scrollbar will be following your finger while page content moves in the opposite direction. It you’re touching the page content itself however, the screen needs to move with your finger and never against it. If you place a piece of paper on a desk and drag it around with your finger, the paper is not going to move away from your body as you drag your finger towards your body. Counterintuitive.
On Jun 7, 2008 @ 3:51 pm, Luke Said:
This is a coment about the youtube page going in the opposite direction.
Actually the page did go the right way. She moved her finger down and the page went down as well.
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On Jun 7, 2008 @ 4:08 pm, TareX Said:
btw Youtube page went the wrong way.
S60 Touch:
- is Slow. Even on their promo video.
- ….stylus (oooh must have that)
- is ugly.
- IS NOT A FINGER-BASED UI. Just look at how small the menu items are. Reminds me of windows mobile 4 years ago.
The only nice thing is flashlite. And this will be on every phone around Q4 2008…
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On Jun 7, 2008 @ 4:44 pm, Mike Florio Said:
I hate the opposite scrolling. It is very annoying! One of the main reasons I couldnt use the PointUI interface on WM.
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On Jun 7, 2008 @ 5:15 pm, George Said:
The YouTube section looks weird is because the whole UI demo is still a fake. You can just feel it. The video special effect guys try to do their best though. Symbian is wayyyyyy behind sadly. Windows Mobile with HTC Diamond UI is actually pretty decent now.
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On Jun 7, 2008 @ 5:33 pm, TareX Said:
Even the HTC TouchFLO UI is slow. Really slow.
Nothing rivals the speedy and fluidity of the HTC Android Dream and the iPhone, today.
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On Jun 7, 2008 @ 6:27 pm, jg Said:
i think the s60 touch will definitely be worth noticing
this is still early in development and if its anything like the current s60 firmware i know there’ll be a market for it
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On Jun 7, 2008 @ 7:40 pm, Christopher Cox Said:
@TareX
Ill have to agree with this one. With Windows Mobile, I don’t care what home screen you put on it … its still Windows Mobile. Its a clunky OS, that is why people always want to dress it up. With TouchFLO 3D, you have a very nice home screen, but every other application will still be crap WinMo. Most people don’t like the way WinMo works, and covering up the home screen is not going to make it any better.
The only mobile systems right now that are geared for touch are iPhone and Android.
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On Jun 7, 2008 @ 10:51 pm, Radio Said:
So, no one saw her plump and juicy her ass looked?
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On Jun 7, 2008 @ 11:39 pm, Dre Said:
I did Radio, I did
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On Jun 8, 2008 @ 5:16 am, no2spam Said:
2:22 for juicy ass. Good luck Nokia.
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On Jun 8, 2008 @ 3:11 pm, ATT Worker Said:
lost me at stylus
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On Jun 8, 2008 @ 5:07 pm, Randomguy Said:
Wow, that really is a nice, plump and juicy ass.
Good spot, Radio!
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On Jun 9, 2008 @ 8:36 am, T-Dot Said:
lmao i did radio! and yea about the web browser thing..it kinda goes either way. because although it did go opposite of her finger, if you look at the scrollbar, it moved at the same time. if you dont kno what i mean, look at the video again. the speed she moved her finger was the same speed the scrollbar moved. so it was like she was using the scrollbar. even though she didnt the actual scrollbar, it would have a scrollbar feel.
and i dont think that’s a mistake either, for the ppl talking about how its just what the video effects guys put in. reason being is because the scrolling did the exact same thing when she was in the phonebook after typing the txt message.
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On Jun 9, 2008 @ 11:44 am, Noah Said:
And yet when you use the two-finger apple trackpad gesture and drag down the page moves down as well.
Point is, if the system emphasizes that the drag is a proxy for the scrollbar and not the page itself, then it’s not a problem. iPhone OS X avoids this by never showing a scrollbar in a default state, but that’s not how S60 Touch is laid out.
Really, which would be more counter-intuitive? Having a page work to completely opposite ways depending on where you touch it, or the same way no matter where you touched it?
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On Jun 9, 2008 @ 12:35 pm, Zach Epstein Said:
Noah, the point is that a touch UI should mimic the physical world to be intuitive. If you touch a scroll bar, then the scroll bar should follow your finger/stylus and the page -content- should move in the opposite direction. If you touch the page itself, then the -content- should follow your finger/stylus and not move in the opposite direction.
The trackpad is a bad comparison - you’re not touching content on a screen, you’re using a glorified mouse.
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On Jun 9, 2008 @ 5:54 pm, jmts Said:
that on screen keyboard looked tiny! typing with a stylus no thanks! i love Nokia but i hope they get this right before it’s released. And yeah that ass was sweet! WOW!
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On Jun 17, 2008 @ 7:00 am, Sam Said:
I am not familiar with the Symbian OS so I have a question. Can a phone that has this OS be updated when the new version comes out or is it dependent on Nokia to provide an update?
TIA.
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