Coming up with new gestures that can be performed with one, two, or three fingers is a surprisingly difficult job. Many are proposed; few actually make it into daily use. Here's one from Apple entitled "hold and swipe," in a recent-ish patent application. But is it really new? I'm leaving out the part where patenting a gesture is an absurdity, because that's an entirely separate issue. Let's take a look at whether this gesture is a no-brainer or a non-starter.source