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This holistic goal led us to address two complementary aspects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SELECTION, for which we devise a new technique known as the <em>Zoom-Catcher<\/em> that integrates pinch-to-zoom and selection in a single gesture for fluidly selecting and acting on content;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACTION, where we demonstrate how this addresses the combined issues of navigating, selecting, and manipulating content. In particular, the designer can transform select ink strokes in flexible and easily-reversible representations via <em>semantic<\/em>, <em>structural<\/em>, and <em>temporal<\/em> axes of movement that are defined as conceptual \u2018moves\u2019 relative to the specified content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This approach dovetails zooming with lightweight specification of scope as well as the evocation of context-appropriate commands, at-hand, in a location-independent manner. This establishes powerful new primitives that can help to scaffold higher-level tasks, thereby unleashing the expressive power of ink in a compelling manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WritLarge is a freeform canvas for early-stage design on electronic whiteboards with pen+touch input. The system aims to support a higher-level flow of interaction by \u2018chunking\u2019 the traditionally disjoint steps of selection and action into unified selection-action phrases. 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