So after several weeks of mucking of my iGesture Pad in the Russian customs, the thing has arrived to me. I immediately swapped out my mouse and connected the pad to my keyboard USB port. Mac OS X complained the device needs more power, so I had to take out my SoundSticks out of the LCD and stick them to the keyboard, and connect the iGesture Pad to the LCD, that has proper powering of the USB.
Anyway, the device started up immediately, and I was able to point and click right away - no driver installation was necessary (hello, USB!). I touched the three corners of the device to configure it as a Mac mode (so it sends out Cmd key combos), and voila, it's up and running!
Getting used to gestures seems not as hard as I have imagined. I've used the thing for half an hour now, and can semi-easily perform most of the basic gestures (pointing, clicking, dragging, scrolling up and down, and copy/pasting). I still have to think a bit before I do stuff, of course, but I suppose this will grow into a habit in a few days (weeks?) of use.
So far, I am liking it a lot -- gestures are pretty natural, so I don't have to stress my head thinking about how something has to be done. Closing windows via a gesture is cool, too, except I keep doing it the wrong direction - you need to turn my fingers clockwise to close a window, while I am used to the fact that turning clockwise opens something (bottle caps, for example) (Update: ugh, as LKM pointed out, I lost my touch with reality on that one, heh). So I ocassionally mix the Close and Open gestures -- no idea why it is done that way and not the reverse. Other than that, no gripes yet. Kudos to the FingerWorks team!
I'll post the updates about how I am progressing with this thing here, so if you're interested, watch this place.
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>while I am used to the fact that turning clockwise opens something
>(bottle caps, for example).
That's weird. either I'm losing the rest of my sanity, or our bottles open counter-clockwise. water, too: counter-clockwise makes the water run, clockwise stops the water.
Posted by: LKM on March 27, 2003 7:21 AMLKM: you're right. It's me losing my sanity. ;) Or lost it altogether. For some reason, I was thinking otherwise, but now when I actually tried to imagine opening a bottle, and it was the right direction. Ugh.
Posted by: slava on March 27, 2003 7:59 AMon the other hand, the little triangles in the finder usually turn clockwise if you open a folder, counter-clockwise if you close it.
Posted by: LKM on March 27, 2003 8:51 AMI was mixed up with open and close at first. My rule to remember which is which:
Open is like pulling something in with your top three fingers.
Close is like tossing it off your desk.
Posted by: Daniel Von Fange on March 27, 2003 9:39 AMLefty loosy righty tighty
Not sure how that would translate if you think in Russian ;)
Did you try it with design-oriented applications (Photoshop, Illustrator)? How accurate is it for detailed work?
Looking forward to your additional comments!
Thanx, dex
Posted by: dex on March 29, 2003 8:22 AM>In Soviet Russia, the bottle cap turns you.
Yeah. Unless its rusted.
*fg*
Posted by: Mister Mike on March 30, 2003 7:56 AMdex: I don't work much in Photoshop/Illustrator, but I must say that with my tracking speed a single pixel positioning would be about as difficult as with regular powerbook touchpad.
john: nope, it's just a trackpad that can understand more than one finger at a time. no stylus. ;)
Posted by: slava on March 30, 2003 3:45 PM