Apple has patented a new way to control devices with operating systems iOS and OS X. The menu in the form of a semicircle, appearing instead of the traditional drop-down, divided into segments containing a specific set of different features and applications. Such an element of the interface is implemented on the "planshetofonah» Samsung Galaxy Note III.
According to the description of the technology, the main menu will be displayed by pressing the touch screen or left-click the mouse, and then the user can set the point where they exit the submenu. It will consist of several sectors. Selecting one of them, the user will submenu with a finite set of programs. Each sector will have its own set of programs or functions.
Experiments on the implementation of the circular menu in applications were performed on the operating system Android. In particular, the first version of the browser and the camera in the AOSP Android 4.3 contain similar controls. Subsequently, the technology has been applied in fabletah Samsung Galaxy Note 3. He was named Air command and provides the ability to navigate through the system interface and quick access to shortcuts. It is caused by approximating the stylus S Pen to the screen and pressing the pen button. Menu selection is made either by touching the pen to the screen, or delay it over the desired option.
Apple filed documents describing the radial menu interface for OS, long before the release of the Korean fableta - in 2008. However, the document was only published this week. Probably, this implementation management of the operating system, you may receive one of the following editions of the desktop and mobile operating systems company. However, in the case of the Apple patent publication does not mean the imminent appearance of the technology, but merely describes the idea, which in this case looks very promising.