First, we controlled for expectation by direct manipulation in both a positive and negative direction.
It emphasized "direct manipulation".
Now, maybe the world moved away from such direct manipulation because fewer photographers fiddle with manual settings for each shot.
In 2002, a former student there, John Underkoffler, brought the idea of direct manipulation to life in "Minority Report," the science-fiction movie.
My brain wants direct manipulation.
In other cases, direct manipulation provides benefits beyond passive viewing.
When you use a touchscreen, you are looking at and touching the same thing: direct manipulation.
It's only post-current-OS projects like 10/GUI that are built entirely around the idea of direct manipulation.
This modeling drawback results from the lack of direct manipulation tools for the limit geometric shape.
The techniques it adopts are those of programming by example, visual program representation and direct manipulation.
Gesture input appears to be appropriate for the direct manipulation of objects or real world applications.
