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[Duncan McGreggor <duncan.mcgreggor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey folks,

As Mark initially mentioned in the uTouch announcement blog post, and
I've alluded to several times in posts of my own, we really want to
start developing a gesture language: a system for describing a series of
gestures to complete a (possibly complex) set of actions in various
applications, window managers, etc.

Stephen Webb and I have been brainstorming about how to get these
conversations started, and have defined some talking points for UDS.
I've just created session blueprints for them here:

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https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/appdevs-dx-n-gesture-language-intro
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https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/appdevs-dx-n-gesture-language-foundations
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https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/appdevs-dx-n-gesture-language-api

The first session aims to get everyone into the same mental context.
We'll be talking about an example use case that Stephen and I have been
using to explore the problem space. I've got a blog post planned for
this that I hope to get out in the next couple days, and that should
give a better sense of what we mean by a "gesture language".

The second session will address some issues that Stephen and I ran into
recently. Deep, deep issues... almost application/hci metaphysics. This
will also likely get a dedicated blog post.

The last session will be the practical one. At that point, we will have
discussed (in the other sessions and hallway/bar conversations) a wide
range of issues that will impact a first draft of a gesture language.
The final step for UDS is to come up with a realistic development plan
for the current 6-month cycle.

More soon...

d