Slightly OT: Word Choice for iPad App
Robert Lauriston
robert at lauriston.com
Mon Mar 25 09:08:14 PDT 2013
The standard iOS terms are tap, drag, flick, swipe, double tap, pinch,
and touch and hold. Somebody put some thought into making them
unambiguous. (The difference between flick and swipe is hard to
explain, but meaningful to experienced users.)
See "Apps Respond to Gestures, Not Clicks" in Apple's iOS Human
Interface Guidelines:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/MobileHIG.pdf
And also:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/APStyleGuide/APSG_2009.pdf
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