06-22-2007, 09:32 AM | #1 | |
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Microsoft Surface enables multi-touch on standard notebook
A Cambridge guy working for Microsoft Research had the incredible idea to implement Microsoft's Surface Table technology into a standard Dell notebook.
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06-22-2007, 09:56 AM | #2 |
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now that's impressive. the two finger zoom alone is amazing.
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06-22-2007, 10:22 AM | #3 |
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The IR approach is a stroke of brilliance! But can it be retrofitted on a Tablet (looks like a "probably" on convertibles)? Even just adding it to future models would totally rock!
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06-22-2007, 10:31 AM | #4 |
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Does that mean that Vista has support for a couple of independent controllers? I use two mice at home and at work, but they both control only a single cursor (!!!). I found somewhere that this was a conscious windows design decision (By the way there is a driver that enables more cursors in Windows, http://cpnmouse.sourceforge.net, but it's not really usable...)
Support for multiple independent controllers, now that would be a good reason for me to upgrade. On the other hand it's a bit sad that the advent of multi-touch screens in a single cursor world, seems like "640K should be enough for anybody" repeating itself . |
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Given that he is an official Microsoft researcher, I would guess he has some extra tricks up his sleeve when working with Vista
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06-22-2007, 11:11 AM | #6 |
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Funny I had the same thought when I saw the thread! Now why hasn't MS thought of it too? Too simple and not expensive enough?
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06-22-2007, 11:14 AM | #7 |
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06-22-2007, 05:37 PM | #8 |
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Vista works perfectly!
(It's the users, computer makers, software designers and electricity suppliers that are faulty!) |
06-23-2007, 10:07 AM | #9 |
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The IR approach - nice idea, although not revolutionary nor unseen.
Multitouch - old, ooold, oooooold... Gestures - there used to be a company called Fingerworks that used to make (& sell) replacement touch panel keyboards for PowerBooks (among other things)... Except typing, it supported quite a nifty batch of multi-finger gestures, for pointing, scrolling, rotating, zooming, dragging, copying, pasting and lots more. There were also specific sets of gestures for various apps, i.e. Photoshop, Maya, Emacs etc. All other companies, like apple or microsoft, claiming they were the first or revolutionary (gesture-wise) are just delusional See here: http://www.fingerworks.com/userguides.html |
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Check out this Wiki entry for an incomplete list of changes/improvements. It's certainly a lot more revolutionary than the step Windows 98 -> ME |
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06-28-2007, 04:58 AM | #13 |
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Am I alone in strongly disliking devices which operate by touching the screen with your fingers? I have an absolute loathing of fingerprints on screens - if I get even the merely hint of a fingerprint on the screen of any of my devices I feel an irresistable urge to clean it!
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06-28-2007, 08:21 AM | #15 |
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Heh, I like those little waves.
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