Journal btlzu2's Journal: multi-touch should replace the mouse 6
if multi-touch is as cool as it looks, i would love it if it would replace the mouse. imagine having a better touchpad that gave you multi-touch for your desktop? that would be very cool. a few gestures to shrink the screen and control windows more "intuitively" than the mouse.
sounds like a killer application of this technology for a desktop. i imagine microsoft will find a "legal" way to embrace and extend this concept. of course, it'll be called "many-feel" or something--TOTALLY different.
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btw, you should be on apple's payroll.
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the stuff they do is just incredible to use and look at. i've really been won over and i was quite the skeptical for ages and ages. i mean, i did have a bit of a soft spot for them when i was a kid programming on the Apple IIe, but after that, I wasn't too thrilled with them until OS X and the iPod.
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i've really been won over
we can tell
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some of the touch screen stuff you see today isn't well designed imo. i can figure it out, but a lot of people struggle. just go to the damn airport sometime--drives me insane!
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Yeah, I know. I keep trying to use the touch screens there and the stewardess always says, "Sir take your hands off my breasts, just ASK me when your plane will arrive, ok?" Stupid interfaces. ;-)