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Originally Posted by murg
What's the criteria in the UI tests you mention?
Are the subjects used to using both, or are they keyboard/mouse people who are being presented with touch for the first time?
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More. When were the tests done and by whom?
Things change over time.
Once upon a time modal UI's were supposed to be a bad thing. Then things changed and now modality is seen as a way to save screen real estate on mobile devices.
When it comes to human factors engineering there is no single, eternal, one-size-fits-all answer. People are adaptable, technology changes, markets evolve.