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Eee Is 1st Windows Laptop To Support Multi-Touch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-playing-catch-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET UK has just put up its review of the Asus Eee PC 900 Win running Windows XP and discovered that it's the first Windows machine to support multi-touch, 'Better still, the mouse trackpad supports multi-touch gesture inputs — even in Windows XP. A pinching motion lets you zoom in on images, stretching lets you zoom out, and a two-finger vertical stroking motion allows you to scroll up and down through documents. MacBook Air and iPod touch users have enjoyed this feature for some time, but it's the first we've ever seen it implemented on a Windows laptop.'"

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  1. Re:Pinching zooms in? by cheater512 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Put two fingers on a normal track pad and it cannot tell where your fingers actually are.
    It can see a press in four places instead of two.

    You could write some tricky software to emulate it but it wouldnt be as good.
    E.g. Pinpoint the location of the first finger that touched and then use that information to work out where the second is.