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Retrieval group · Element 30

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PinchZoom

Two contact points, one scalar. The distance between your fingers becomes the scale of the world.

Pinch is the clearest proof that interaction bandwidth is not fixed. It arrived fully formed, needed no instruction, and made a decade of zoom buttons look like an apology.

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Specimen № 30 — operate freely

Two fingers on a trackpad, or hold ⌥ and drag.

Fig. 30Pinch Zoom

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