<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Prezi, etc</title></head><body> <div>Phil wrote...<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>There's talk lately of presentations and zooming in LK. Came across this about a year ago. Implemented in flash I think. Just some fodder of prior art for review:<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><a href="http://prezi.com/">http://prezi.com/</a></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Incredible.  I just got a pointer to this same site today from Joe Armstrong.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Not just fodder.  It's an inspiration.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Also in the inspiration department...</div> <div> I haven't got my iPad yet, but I found an old Windoze machine here with a touch screen.  I managed to get Chrome running on it and LK on that.  For some reason simple one-finger control is part of the gestalt I envision for Lively.  [I had this same feeling about Fabrik over 20 years ago, too].  So I've been tapping on the screen with a far away look in my eyes.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Let's see...</div> <div>Draw approximate shapes in the world to make simple morphs.</div> <div>Tap in an object to get controls and a menu</div> <div>Handles and menus need to be bigger for fingers</div> <div>Second tap goes to parent like Squeak</div> <div>Pie menus?  Still not for novices I think</div> <div>Gravity, momentum, collision detection</div> <div>Oh help...</div> </body> </html>