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speaking of structured light input, saw these guys at sxsw12.  pretty rad, lowcost solution.

These are some basic tips I was hoping would be covered in the Designing for Touch Screens webinar.

Trying to decide if we need these...

I like how they feature a group of collections on the home page and then include a separate section of additional collections. It clearly shows which are of greater importance and leaves no question of where users can click to start exploring. On the con side, only some of these featured collections lead to digitized primary source materials. We need to make it clear for our users which collections are available online and which only include online finding aids.

In this blog post by a Microsoft developer, there are examples of scrolling on a single webpage by moving left to right (vs. scrolling up and down). Also, some main navigational buttons and menus are now on the RIGHT side of the layout instead of the long-used left side of the layout location for these elements. I believe this is an example of the influence of touch screens on tablets, phones, and computers affecting the long held paradigm of left side menu navigation. The gesture navigation of touch screens is making another mark on design and layouts.

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I don't think this would ever fly for UTL but it might be worthwhile to think more along these lines when deciding what content is important to keep.