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JoeD · 09-01-2012, 10:04 AM

When was apple granted the pinch to zoom and other gestures? They're not only incredibly obvious, anyone who has turned a page on a book would come up with using a swipe gesture to turn a page on the screen, only difference is few fingers or hand vs single finger.

Anyone who watches sci-fi films will have likely seen a pinch to zoom too, minority report in 2002 had a full hand pinch to zoom and swipe gestures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVBzx0LMNQ

I really wish when it came to software, you had to just rely on copyright. Nobody should be allowed to steal your code, but if they can reproduce a feature without seeing your code or how you did it, that should be fine.

09-01-2012, 10:04 AM	#6
JoeD Guru Posts: 895 Karma: 4383958 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: na	When was apple granted the pinch to zoom and other gestures? They're not only incredibly obvious, anyone who has turned a page on a book would come up with using a swipe gesture to turn a page on the screen, only difference is few fingers or hand vs single finger. Anyone who watches sci-fi films will have likely seen a pinch to zoom too, minority report in 2002 had a full hand pinch to zoom and swipe gestures http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVBzx0LMNQ I really wish when it came to software, you had to just rely on copyright. Nobody should be allowed to steal your code, but if they can reproduce a feature without seeing your code or how you did it, that should be fine. Last edited by JoeD; 09-01-2012 at 10:06 AM.