Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Pen Stroke-Based Zooming for PDA Screens
Posted by Janak Parekh in "ARTICLE" @ 09:00 AM
"The proliferation of the Internet and the increasing popularity of handheld computing devices pose a challenge: it is difficult to read and navigate through Web pages displayed on small screens. Several research teams have addressed the problem with various methods of zooming in on relevant content from a Web page to make it easier to view. Researchers from Microsoft Research, Microsoft Research Asia, and Tsinghua University in China have devised an interface that goes a step further by allowing a user to zoom in on relevant content and collapse irrelevant content with a single pen stroke. The interface could eventually be included as an extension to small-screen Web browsers."
While MS Research is generally quite separate from other divisions in the company, this technology looks practical, and I hope MS will implement it in Pocket PCs someday. 8)
While MS Research is generally quite separate from other divisions in the company, this technology looks practical, and I hope MS will implement it in Pocket PCs someday. 8)
