>  occupied by WIMP controls. Tasteless.

sorry, i had just the slider idea on my mind, sending a better img:
http://www2.gli.cas.cz/home/cejchan/plan9/slider.png<http://www2.gli.cas.cz/home/cejchan/plan9/ubuntu_widgets.png>
still tasateless?

> PS: Gestures requires no controls.

i didn't get it: english is not my mothertongue :-(

regards, ++pac