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Adaptive Input Jason Grigsby • @grigs • cloudfour.com

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Follow along at @grigs_talks

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdm/51747860/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rheaney/4397863376 It started with TVs.

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Designing for a 10-foot UI is very different. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisbartow/5835428673

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Larger text and fewer words.

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Make up, down, left, right directions clear. http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/29122_large_amazon_prime_screen_5.jpg

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How do we know what is a TV?

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This is HDTV.

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This is HDTV. 1980 px 1080 px

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Resolution does not define the optimal experience.

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Next came responsive web apps. https://twitter.com/freediverx/status/354698695041744896

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Responsive design for apps is inevitable. http://blog.cloudfour.com/responsive-design-for-apps-part-1/

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Lines between device classes are blurring Model Type Size Size Display Resolution Resolution Viewport Viewport W H W H W H Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Phone 3.17” 5.95” 5.5” 720 1280 360 640 Motorola RAZR HD Phone 2.67” 5.19” 4.7” 720 1280 360 519 Motorola Atrix HD Phone 2.75” 5.26” 4.5” 720 1280 540 812 HTC Droid DNA Phone 2.78” 5.5” 5” 1080 1920 360 640 Nexus 7 Tablet 4.72” 7.81” 7” 800 1280 600 793 Kindle Fire Tablet 4.72” 7.44” 7” 600 1024 600 819 Kindle Fire HD Tablet 5.4” 7.6” 7” 800 1280 533 731

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640 px 600 px 519 px 640 px 622 px 533 px 812 px Which are phones and which are tablets?

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/geatchy/8489505999

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How do I make this responsive? How do I make this responsive?

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mobile desktop THE ART OF WEB DEVELOPMENT THE ART OF WEB DEVELOPMENT Web widgets THE ART OF WEB DEVELOPMENT THE ART OF WEB DEVELOPMENT Mobile widgets

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It’s not that we’re technically incapable, but adapting a phone UI to a tablet UI is not so dissimilar from trying to automatically adapt desktop UI to a phone. They are fundamentally different platforms with different usability considerations, and something that makes sense on phones may or may not belong on tablets. —Todd Anglin, Kendo UI http://www.kendoui.com/blogs/teamblog/posts/12-09-11/universal_mobile_apps_with_html5_and_kendo_ui.aspx

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Sometimes it’s hard to envision a responsive version. http://demos.kendoui.com/web/grid/editing.html

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesuspresley/384080245/ We want people to be productive…

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and stay in the zone. http://www.flickr.com/photos/raccatography/8038855203

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/shantellmartin/4543010568 Which seems very different from playing on an iPad.

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For both the TV…

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and the desktop web app…

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input matters much more than screen size.

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The grid is important to support d-pad interaction. http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/29122_large_amazon_prime_screen_5.jpg

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalsapien/2387707860

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And keyboard and mouse are what we envision work is. http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalsapien/2387707860

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellogeri/6154034099/ A few years ago, Jeremy talked about how…

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/60415054@N00/14301113/ we told ourselves that the web was…

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/60415054@N00/14301113/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/60415054@N00/14301113/ 640 px 480 px

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640 px 480 px

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/6153481666/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/6153481666/ Then mobile came and made us realize…

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that it was a consensual hallucination all along. http://www.flickr.com/photos/garibaldi/303085857/

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The web never had a fixed canvas. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulocarrillo/124755065/

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Even our tools perpetuate the lie.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/69797234@N06/7203485148/ We’ve made tremendous progress.

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But there is another consensual hallucination. http://www.flickr.com/photos/garibaldi/ 303085857/

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Supports hover and pointer events.

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Keyboard and touch.

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Even the iPhone can have a keyboard.

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Are these laptops or tablets?

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Desktop computer with 23” touch screen

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Luke nailed it. http://static.lukew.com/unified_device_design.png

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We can no longer make assumptions about input based on screen size or form factor. And we probably never should have.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cblue98/7254221968

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Input represents a bigger challenge than screen size. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cblue98/7254221968

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/taedc/9278192929

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And it is changing more rapidly than ever before. http://www.flickr.com/photos/taedc/9278192929

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So let’s take a closer look…

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Let’s start with futuristic input. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/3714748769/

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http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/ File:Man_yelling_at_computer.JPG VOICE

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http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/ File:Man_yelling_at_computer.JPG VOICE

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http://www.98ps.com/viewnews-15222.html

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Siri gets all of the hype… http://www.98ps.com/viewnews-15222.html

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but both Microsoft and Google have compelling voice input in their products.

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How should web pages change to support voice control?

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Google voice search

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You can use speech recognition too. http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/demos/speech.html http://www.moreawesomeweb.com/demos/speech_translate.html

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Gestures?

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http://leapmotion.com

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1761670738/ring-shortcut-everything

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1761670738/ring-shortcut-everything

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Amazing, but too new to know what, if anything, this technology will mean for the web.

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Let’s come back from the future and look at something much Dumber. Dumber

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Dumber

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Dumber

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-pad remote controls D

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-pad remote controls D

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-pad remote controls D

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewc/6669743035/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewc/6669743035/ TVs browsers that support d-pad, send arrow key events.

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http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/catalog/product/gallery/id/7164/image/343/

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If then http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/catalog/product/gallery/id/7164/image/343/

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is undetectable. This is a recurring theme for input.

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Sensors and camera http://www.flickr.com/photos/retrocactus/2170677056

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Sensors and camera Camera http://www.flickr.com/photos/retrocactus/2170677056

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GPS http://www.flickr.com/photos/3dking/149450434

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GPS GeoLocation http://www.flickr.com/photos/3dking/149450434

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Gyroscope & Accelerometer

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjagers/4694134078

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Back to today’s problems. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjagers/4694134078

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Hover state No hover state

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Hover state Typing easier for many No hover state Typing often more difficult

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Higher precision with mouse means smaller targets possible Hover state Less precise than mouse and requires larger touch targets Typing easier for many No hover state Typing often more difficult

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Higher precision with mouse means smaller targets possible Hover state Less precise than mouse and requires larger touch targets Typing easier for many No hover state Typing often more difficult Right clicking and “power” tools Single and multi-touch gestures

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/28096801@N05/5012309802

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I got this. Detect touch. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28096801@N05/5012309802

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Whatever you may think, it currently isn't possible to reliably detect whether or not the current device has a touchscreen, from within the browser. —Stu Cox, You Can’t Reliably Detect a Touch Screen http://www.stucox.com/blog/you-cant-detect-a-touchscreen/

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Chrome has entertained idea of enabling touch by default. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=159527 https://docs.google.com/a/cloudfour.com/presentation/d/1-n1qyzewpagREbzW2zm0wOalq33UhbtbSkWf9mEdly8/ edit#slide=id.gc2d80e5b_171

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Detect a mouse? Not reliably.

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Surely we can detect a keyboard?

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Surely we can detect a keyboard? NOPE

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Input is dynamic.

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Input is dynamic.

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Boris Smus’s experiments responding to input. http://smus.com/touch-laptop-experiments/

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Boris Smus’s experiments responding to input. http://smus.com/touch-laptop-experiments/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/lyza/7382235106 Maybe we need to be more zen about input.

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After poking at this problem for a few weeks, my conclusion is: every desktop UI should be designed for touch now. When any desktop machine could have a touch interface, we have to proceed as if they all do. —Josh Clark http://globalmoxie.com/blog/desktop-touch-design.shtml

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What about those who won’t let go of their “power” interfaces? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecos/4092571213/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarygami/5689980135/ One option: give them a choice.

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Gmail display density settings

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The key benefit of this approach: You’re designing for user need not for a specific form factor or input.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/raver_mikey/504815463

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Progressive Input?

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Graph from Chapter 1 of Adaptive Web Design by Aaron Gustafson http://easy-readers.net/books/ adaptive-web-design/

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Graph from Chapter 1 of Adaptive Web Design by Aaron Gustafson http://easy-readers.net/books/ adaptive-web-design/ Progressive enhancement contains a value judgment

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Who are we to judge what input is better? http://www.flickr.com/photos/fensterbme/4783366926

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We need to adapt and respond. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdm/147947664/

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