Mouse-overs and hovers are out

At least they are on their way out.
Think about it, Tom Cruise, Minority Report. Given that kind of interface, how would you do a mouse over? How would you work out a hover?

You can't.

Now comeback to reality.
Think iPad, Think iPhone, Android, Storm, Touch etc. Think more about all the haptic interfaces. Think of all the tactile gestures. Hovers? Nah!

Press and hold might work for now, but really, who are we fooling here. Hovers are on their way out. On their way to not being such a preferred information dissemination medium anyway. Maybe they'd still work on the desktop, but, how many desktops are around these days? How many days before a desktop changes to something new as well?

You'll have to re-invent yourself, if you want to be ready for what comes next.

A very senior colleague (who is also a client), was discussing products and design, when his words gave me this insight. You can fart about stuff, you can resist a shift. But, either you are out of the game or in for a change.

S.