GestureBank version 2 is live
As Robert Anderson, GestureBank Architect, writes, the 2nd beta of the GestureBank went live on Wednesday afternoon. This beta differs from the previous one in several respects:
- instead of relying on a modified version of the AttentionTrust Recorder, this version works with the frozen Attention Recorder (ATX) that’s supported by AttentionTrust. Essentially the GestureBank Extension provides anonymity functions while allowing the ATX to do what it’s intended to do; monitor, record, and submit a Firefox clickstream to an Attention Service.
- With Steve’s return as President of the AttentionTrust board, he and Robert have gifted the GestureBank to the Trust, so the new GestureBank service is hosted by AttentionTrust and supported by (and partially written by) yours truly.
- GBX2 (the GestureBank Key Manager Extension - the client software for the new beta) has greater built-in anonymity protection. As conceived by Robert and Steve, the GestureBank and the forthcoming Affinity Services are able to determine if you, as a user, are contributing your gestures to the bank or the affinity service but the GestureBank service itself knows nothing personally identifiable about you at all.
As Robert also writes, the beta is open to all. While there’s a built-in upgrade path for current GestureBank v1 users, new users are also welcome to join and contribute. See https://attentiontrust.org/gesturebank for more details. This morning we thought we might have an issue with GBX2 on Macs, but at this point it seems fairly unlikely that the problem will effect Mac users in general.
The real win in this particular view of Attention - the open, anonymous pool of user-contributed gestures - comes with the upcoming roll-out of Affinity Services: services built upon the anonymous sharing of subsets of your gesture stream with interested parties who might be willing to compensate you for your data. Coming soon to a browser near you…
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