Reading Kottke’s roundup of iPhone coverage I was struck by the following comment:
You could have different swipes and taps as a speed dial mechanism…swipe the screen from top left to bottom right and then tap in the lower right hand corner to call mom, that sort of thing.
That is very interesting. A lot of people are complaining that a touchscreen interface won’t let them dial without looking at the screen. Firstly, none of them have even used the iPhone touchscreen. It could be rubbish or Apple might have figured something out. We don’t know.
But gestures would go a long way towards solving that problem. I already use gestures on the trackpad of my MacBook Pro. It works very well and you don’t have to stare at the trackpad.
Will there be custom gesture software in the iPhone? I hope so. Three taps and the pizza joint is dialled.
