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Symbian S60 Attempts a Touchscreen Interface
Symbian-Freak.com has posted some leaked screenshots of the latest in Symbian S60's Touch UI interface for touchscreen devices. It mostly looks the same as the regular Symbian S60 operating system, except now there are three buttons at the top of the screen or four buttons on the left side in landscape view.
Something that I think the Symbian developers don't realize is that there's no way for new users to figure out what some of those unlabeled ambiguous icons actually do without pressing them. With a touch screen, there's no way to hover your mouse over the icon or change the selection focus and wait for a tool-tip to explain what the button means. So obviously, they must not be targeting new users with this cryptic, difficult-to-learn interface. Hopefully they won't make the mistake of removing the hardware buttons needed for navigating the interface.
Something that I think the Symbian developers don't realize is that there's no way for new users to figure out what some of those unlabeled ambiguous icons actually do without pressing them. With a touch screen, there's no way to hover your mouse over the icon or change the selection focus and wait for a tool-tip to explain what the button means. So obviously, they must not be targeting new users with this cryptic, difficult-to-learn interface. Hopefully they won't make the mistake of removing the hardware buttons needed for navigating the interface.
