Patent ID: 8286101

Claim:
In a user interface including a plurality of stroke commands for a zone, a computer-implemented method for manipulating an object, comprising: responsive to a stroke in a first direction along a first axis initiated within a zone proximate the object, changing a characteristic of the object by increasing a value of a parameter associated with the object by a first predetermined increment; responsive to a stroke in a second direction along the first axis initiated within the zone, changing the characteristic of the object by decreasing the value of the parameter by the first predetermined increment; responsive to a stroke in a third direction along a second axis initiated within the zone, changing the characteristic of the object by increasing the value of the parameter by a second predetermined increment different from the first predetermined increment; and responsive to a stroke in a fourth direction along the second axis initiated within the zone, changing the characteristic of the object by decreasing the value of the parameter by the second predetermined increment.