Apple patents 'virtual knobs' with pop-out sliders for mouse
Excerpt from: Apple patents 'virtual knobs' with pop-out sliders for mouse
The US Patent and Trademark Office today granted Apple a patent on the idea of a "virtual knob" that could show an on-screen knob with an active "slider" type control that appears underneath it only when a mouse, stylus or finger moves to control it. The idea would allow for skeuomorphic design of t...Published By: MacNN - Friday, 3 February
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