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10/GUI – A Redefined Computer Interface

October 14th, 2009 Randall Hand

con10uum For years the Mouse & Keyboard have been the standard input methods for all computers. Recenty, Multi-touch and touchscreens have come onto the scene, and work great for smaller mobile devices but have many problems with prolonged usage (screen obstruction, arm strain, etc). A new group has come up with a new interface they call 10/GUI:

Many activities today still need only a keyboard and terminal screen—and it’s likely the personal computer could have still evolved, albeit more limitedly, using only those. Most activities today need only a mouse and windowed information display on top of that, and the evolution of software and hardware can and will continue while limited to these.
Eventually, though, the shift to another interaction paradigm is inevitable. Just as the advent of the mouse and windowed GUI opened many new doors, so will the next generation of interfaces after that.

They have an incredibly powerful demonstration video that showcases their proposal of a 10-finger multitouch pad, separate from the screen (similar in use to a Wacom tablet) and a new Window Manager called CON10UUM (Continuum), running a few apps interactively on their system.

See the video after the break. I personally think it’s pretty impressive, but don’t think it would work particularly well with my type of workflow. I could be wrong tho.

10/GUI.

10/GUI from C. Miller on Vimeo.

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Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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Craig R Barnes
October 14th, 2009 at 10:00 | #1
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Interesting. However, I see no support for text entry and the window layout scheme would seem to make cut and paste a real chore.
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Randall Hand
October 14th, 2009 at 10:12 | #2
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@ Craig R Barnes At the end of the video they show a “desk layout” image, which seems to indicate that Text Entry would be accomplished with a traditional keyboard. This “10GUI” is meant to be a replacement for a Mouse, not a Keyboard.
As for Cut-n-paste, I guess it would work just like always. However, I guess you’re right if you had to move between two windows on opposite ends of the display. All that scrolling would get annoying.