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[Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

one thing to keep in mind here is that the phones will have some sort of 
introduction video explaining the gestures on the very first boot. So the owner 
of the phone most likely knows all those things and won't need such a thing. 
Actually, I think this can be quite annoying too if triggered by accident. 
think of games, or the browser. You do triple-taps all the time there. Also, 
showing off the phone to your friend you're around anyways to tell them to try 
the swiping some edge.

However, where I think this could be great - and also quite important - is 
while a phone stands in the shop, waiting for new people to come around and 
try it out. Those people won't have anyone to explain the gesture (assuming 
the salesman is busy with other people). Also, in that case the introduction 
video has most likely already been consumed by another person and won't show 
up any more.
In that case the user just tries 5 clicks and if it doesn't work, he moves on 
to the next phone in the shelf. That's the second where such an explanation 
should kick in. No more an no less.

Just my 2 cents,
Michael

On Monday 24 June 2013 10:16:46 Michel Renon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Few days ago, some friends tested UbuntuTouch on my nexus7.
> I noticed that some of them had trouble to find gestures/behavior
> (specially the back button).
> 
> So I taught about an "emergency" mode :
> 
> http://www.mr-consultant.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/proposal_emerge
> ncy_1.jpg The idea is to provide an overlay with basic informations about
> gestures. I suppose that a "triple-tap" would be a good first gesture.
> Maybe others ?
> 
> 
> You can find all informations in the blog post :
> http://www.mr-consultant.net/blog/2013/06/ubuntu-touch-an-emergency-mode/
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Michel