Duhh
"Left-handers just have to use a finger, or learn to be normal"
And what makes the interface so difficult to mirror?
The mobile interface designed to kill the iPhone has finally launched, but as an Android freebie rather than aboard the revolutionary handset we were promised in 2009. The handset, known as the Else, was built by Emblaze, a company better known for encoding video and suing Apple than making phones. With the help of Japan's …
OTOH - I agree, but remember that the natural direction of wheel operation would be anti-clockwise too
OTOH - but why pick on them?
Except for the mouse all computer UIs, even the seemingly symmetric interfaces, are right-handed
- "slide to do anything" is always the wrong the wrong direction
- all those sliders on too big for the screen are on the wrong side
- all those tabs on browsers are the wrong way round
I'd always hoped that someone with better skills than I could acquire would produce a left-handed KDE but it hasn't happened yet
I've got to agree, although imagining the the counterclockwise motion it does not seem strange.
I suspect the only mouse that is truly ambidextrous is the original Apple one button, that's all you're getting mate beast. As proud member of the Clan Sinnister I think I have become so confused over left and right edness that I tend not to notice and find myself flipping between the two depending on circumstance - for example I shoot a firearm right handed but a bow lefthanded, I use a conventional SLR camera righthanded and bowl (cricket0 lefthanded. I write lefthanded but use a hammer righthanded.
Yores in much confusion
I'm so left handed I can't use power cutting tools without fear of cutting my head off or something. Tin-openers were a constant source of frustration.
Wasn't allowed to play the cello, restringing would bring other real world problems. In fact, I'm a disabled minority... where's the Human Rights Act when you need it?
What makes Left Handers so awkward?
Giving support in a large office, I've come across various PC configurations of left and right handed (some with button swapped and some without).
It only takes a few seconds to adjust to the way that PC has been configured and get on with fixing their problem.
I had a left handed flatmate. I used to pick up some of his nonsense gadgets (left handed tin opener, left handed corkscrew) and could use them as easy as a normal one. Just about every right hander who visited could do it.
What is the big deal? Just get over it and use it as they designed it. Don't like it? Design your own. If its better, more people will use it instead.
The Sony thumbwheels where pretty useful.
Even the old Vaio Laptops had them at one point.
If a handset designer could just go back and take a look at some of the innovations that were around when there were a multitude of handset type available, and rehash/repackage/re-market these as new features: they could make a killing....
But what percentage of our time on a smartphone is spent navigating menus? I probably spend most of my time scrolling and reading, which this interface doesn't alter. After that the next most common activity is typing, and its hard to imagine a way of using a radial menu with a single thumb would provide a better typing experience, but as I haven't tried it I guess I can't say for sure.
It may well be a better interface in certain situations, but if it only makes a difference 1% of the time I'm using a smartphone it is like Swype - looks really cool, but doesn't make any difference in how efficiently you use a phone.