It's definitely not the most polished delivery I've made (ignite talks don't let you control your slides, which is very unsettling for me). But, here's a 5 minute ignite talk I recently gave entitled "The mouse and keyboard are NOT going away, and there's NO SUCH THING as convergence".
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Myth of the Dying Mouse
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Good talk.
I partially agree, but I would also say that over time the users' intent is also changing. As applications become more sophisticated, the level of the intended user action increases.
For example, in a word process a user may have wanted to draw a box for a diagram to show how orders are processed. In a more sophisticated application there may be pre-built actions that can express the diagram that the user wants to draw, the user just needs to fill in the high-level information (i.e. he no longer needs to use the mouse to draw the box).
"No such thing as convergence" is only true in device space; in fact, this is exactly the environment you need to provide convergence for user experience.
When you have a divergence of devices that fit specific mobility and interaction niches, then you can provide alternative and complimentary entry points into core experiences. Now, that's true convergence in my opinion.
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