[instaviz-users] May I suggest a new gesture?

[Petri Sirkkala]

I think that shake delete (or undo) would be enough to recover from
unintended copies, but I see your point.

If you want to feel how it might work, try mxGraph Graph Editor demo
at: http://www.mxgraph.com/demo/mxgraph/editors/grapheditor.html

-Pete

2009/3/23 Glen Low <glen.low at pixelglow.com>:
> Petri
>
> On 14/03/2009, at 3:58 AM, Petri Sirkkala wrote:
>
>> Hi Glen,
>> Do you think it could be possible to add another gesture to the
>> Instaviz UI?
>> While drawing an edge, if the stroke ends up over the canvas (not over
>> any node), duplicate the starting node and add an edge between the
>> start node and the duplicate.
>
> That's an interesting idea. I like the fact that it would make drawing
> much faster.
>
> My only worry is how would users cancel an inadvertent stroke? We
> occasionally get these with pinch and zoom gestures, or if the user
> can't quite connect the edge to the node he wants. Of course there's
> the shake-to-delete available but I'm wondering whether these
> inadvertent strokes would be common enough to make "create a duplicate
> node" irritating.
>
>
>
>
> Cheers, Glen Low
>
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