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Between tapas and family excursions, I had the time to test accelerometer control, pan control, swipe control and of course rotate control.

It was a really interesting exercise which opened my eyes on many interface possibilities which cannot exists on our old keyboards/mouses.

Tactile tablets and phones are new extensions to the human body. Learning how to intelligently use them will takes some time…

According to my tests, for the little game, the optimal comfort position seems to be:

• the tablet on the laps (or on the filled with tapas belly),
• the player secure the tablet use his left hand (or right) and use the thumb of this hand to turn the game board touching lateral zones.
• the player use the index of his other hand to touch color groups to explode.

The beer position also works:

• the tablet on the laps or a table
• the player use any free index to activate touch lateral zones
• the player use the same finger to make colored things blow away

Please node the little curve with the disc. They let the player do a little curved movement with the finder. The player put its finger on the round and follow the curve up or down. It helps the brain associate the movement with the desired board rotation.

It is fun to play with and this prototype really give me the will to finish the little game both on the tablet and the web :)