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Old 05-28-2008, 12:35 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by DixieGal View Post
Groovy video, but I keep trying to visualize it in the workplace. It just seems sort of awkward to have the onscreen keyboard, unless there is a bendy elbow in it or something. The thought of typing straight ahead makes my carpal tunnels ache! Would it allow notebooks to be significantly lighter if they didn't have the physical keyboard? There would still have to be the CPU innards, and a cover of xome sort to protect it. I'm intrigued by the idea. It's less Jetsons and more Foundation, either of which would be cool.
actually it made me think of "Minority Report" when i first saw it.

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Multi touch gestures are awesome. Swipe with one finger, flip a page, swipe with two fingers, flip 5 pages, swipe with 3 fingers, jump to next chapter.

And there are a lot more which i can come up with.
there you go !!!

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As opposed to pressing keys to flip pages? Why add smudges to you screen unnecessarily?
with a little luck, the people making the screens will also be smart enough to invent a screen which does not smudge (humor me).
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You make it sound like those are bad things!
i know ! seriously.
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