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Eee Is 1st Windows Laptop To Support Multi-Touch
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.'"
Why do you assume Apple has the patent on multi-touch?...., which it doesn't!
But good luck to them if they tried to patent the gesture.
ps I am patenting my own gesture to apple for being a ripoff company.
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.
It's all a matter of expectations.
/., everyone is hardcore.
Hardcore Mac users will expect to buy hardware that is certified to work and pay a premium for it. And they say "everything just works on a Mac".
Hardcore Linux users will expect to buy Hardware they heard good things about on the internet, tweak the configurations a bit, download a few packages and patches, maybe compile a kernel or two, and fiddle about until they're satisfied. And they say "everything just works on Linux".
Hardcore Windows users will expect to buy just about anything, maybe install a driver, and then have it more or less working. And they say "everything just works on Windows".
The bottom line is: Never ask "hardcore" people about usability. And this being