Gestural Control: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | LinkedIn

Final paragraph of a Don Norman perspective post; tangentially, see Proof Apple is GOING BACKWARDS: It's trying to patent a Newton-ish touchscreen stylus (The Register)

"I await the day when gestures become standardized. When systems combine the best of all worlds: gestures, both in the air and on surfaces, voice commands where appropriate, and menus, keyboards, and pointing devices where appropriate. The most powerful systems will give us the choice to use whatever is best suited for the job. But before we can do this, we have a simple task to do: reform the patent system."

Gestural Control: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | LinkedIn