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"Touch is a cute trick" is a similar statement to "No Wireless. Less Space Than A Nomad. Lame.". Touch will be the future of computing. The potential in touch
by markessien 17y ago
"Touch is a cute trick" is a similar statement to "No Wireless. Less Space Than A Nomad. Lame.".
Touch will be the future of computing. The potential in touch and multitouch is staggering, and Windows 7 actually brings it to people. The hardware people will catch up next, then the software people will follow.
Microsoft are rich because they get where the trend is going.
- TomOfTTB 17y agoYou should write press releases. You'd be goood at it. But I'd be interested in some substance. Why exactly do you think it's "the future of computing"
- markessien 17y agoBecause a large part of the interaction with a computer does not consist of typing, it consists of pointing and clicking and moving stuff around. A lot of these stuff being moved around can be done efficiently by hand motions - your mouse exists because you like to push things around.
- lukifer 17y agoDesktop touch is flawed in one way only, but it's a big one: that no one wants to hold their hands up to the screen for hours on end. It works much better as a table (MS Surface), and perhaps we'll see future computers at 45-degree inclines (you'll notice that Jeff Han demoed multitouch on that kind of system). "Touch is the future" is a half-truth; the future of computing will probably include a blend of mouse, keyboard, touch, voice, and (hopefully) direct brain interfaces, depending on the task and the use case.
- markessien 17y agoWhat will happen is that the keyboard will be replaced with a tactile feedback multitouch surface. It's like your second screen, but a bit more task specific.
- nick5768 17y agoI agree, though it will take some time before the price/hardware specs balance becomes reasonable. I'm not sure that will happen before "Windows 8".