Kevin,
I didn't think "Use gesture based view navigation" had anything to do with touchpads. The word "gesture" is currently so widely used I'd suggest Fusion 360 team to consider some other phrasing, like "Use pinch-to-zoom on touchpad". Or remove the pinching completely.
I share adamohern's frustration with the touchpad. Also I would like double-finger movement to zoom (not to pan, as currently).
I noticed ctrl-double-finger zooms, but no-one uses ctrl with touchpad gestures (that I know of). So users won't expect to try it, either.
- change the mouse pointer to a grabber hand when panning, and move it along the pan (now arrow cursor which does not move)
Please compare the user interface with some good, similar programs on Macs (including Autodesk's own) and how they use the touchpad. We users like consistency (but... not with iPhoto).
OpenSCAD:
- double-finger light movement: zooming (up/left=in, down/right=out)
- double-finger movement while pressing the touchpad: panning
- one-finger movement while pressing the touchpad: rotate
- pinching has no effect
Those feel rather natural, but I prefer gestures without needing to press the touchpad down.
Google Earth:
- double-finder light movement: zooming (up=in, down=ou t)
- pinching has no effect
- press one finger down, move another: panning
The "press one finger down, move another" for panning is really nice, btw. I have the feeling I've used it in something else as well. (Yep, it's the way one 'paints' a section of text in Safari, for example. Use it.)
Maybe some of these can be in the preferences, but making the defaults good, comfortable and intuitive should be the primary target.
Asko Kauppi
IT guy into Cleantech.
