Swipe-based confirmation for touch sensitive devices

A computer program product comprising a plurality of instructions encoded on one or more non-transitory machine readable mediums that when executed by one or more processors cause a swipe-based confirmation process to be carried out on a computing system having a touch screen display, the process comprising:

• activate a swipe-based confirmation mode in response to an initial command to perform a function;
• in response to the swipe-based confirmation mode being activated, transition at least some digital content currently displayed on the touch screen display to an initial diminished appearance, and cause graphical display of a swipe path that includes a directional prompt for allowing a user to subsequently confirm performance of the command;
• cause the function to be performed in response to a confirmation swipe gesture performed along the swipe path;
• and
• abandon the command if an input is received via the touch screen display outside the swipe path;
• wherein the initial diminished appearance further increasingly fades away so as to become further diminished as the swipe gesture progresses along the swipe path in a direction indicated by the directional prompt;
• and
• wherein the further diminished appearance visually transitions back toward the initial diminished appearance so as to increasingly reappear if the swipe gesture progresses back along the swipe path in a direction opposite the direction indicated by the directional prompt.

A mobile computing device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a touch screen display for displaying digital content and allowing user input;
• and
• a user interface executable on the processor and including a swipe-based confirmation mode that is activated in response to an initial command to perform a function, wherein the swipe-based confirmation mode is configured to
• graphically display a swipe path that includes a directional prompt for allowing a user to subsequently confirm performance of the command, and to cause the function to be performed in response to a confirmation swipe gesture performed along the swipe path, wherein at least some digital content currently displayed on the touch screen display transitions to an initial diminished appearance in response to the swipe-based confirmation mode being activated, and the initial diminished appearance further increasingly fades away so as to become further diminished as the swipe gesture progresses along the swipe path in a direction indicated by the directional prompt, and wherein the further diminished appearance visually transitions back toward the initial diminished appearance so as to increasingly reappear if the swipe gesture progresses back along the swipe path in a direction opposite the direction indicated by the directional prompt,
• abandon the command if an input is received via the touch screen display outside the swipe path, and
• abandon the command if the confirmation swipe gesture is not performed within an established time period;
• and
• wherein the command is invoked by a first action and the confirmation swipe gesture is separate and distinct from the first action, and the directional prompt includes the word slide or swipe.