Using the logic and standards of our time— when most of us are accustomed to figuring out how to manipulate new touch screen interfaces intuitively—it’s hard to fathom that this guy’s patent is in anyway unique or novel or outside the realm of common sense design.
That was also true of Apple's patents on other gestures such as tap to zoom and center, and pinch zoom determination. You see, many of us had already been using and designing for touch for decades when the iPhone finally came out and mass popularized such gestures.
So my question is, where were all the people here against patenting such gestures back when Apple won millions against Samsung for the same kind of patents?