Recent InfoVis interaction research has called for the inclusion of novel
interaction technologies for InfoVis tools. However, it remains an
underexplored question what impact novel interaction technologies will have
on the existing body of work addressing interaction techniques and task
types. This study presents results based on a prototype of an InfoVis tool
developed to substitute conventional mouse input with direct-touch as input
modality. Two versions of the prototype will be presented: one geared towards
mouse input and one geared towards direct-touch input, and the implications
entailed by introducing direct-touch as an input modality will be discussed.