Apple Patents A Strange Physics-Based GUI For iPad File And Folder Manipulation

Published September 16, 2014

ipad-mini-front-hand Apple had an interesting patent granted to it today by the USPTO (via AppleInsider), which describes a graphic user interface on the iPad that more closely resembles a desktop arrangement of files and folders than the current app-based iOS UX. The most interesting part of the patent might be that it uses physics-based animations and interactions to manipulate those files and folders, however,… Read More