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Yes, this is like the old DOS days where e.g., your games had to be programmed with your specific make of sound card or you would have no sound (or PC speaker o
by jessedhillon 13y ago
Yes, this is like the old DOS days where e.g., your games had to be programmed with your specific make of sound card or you would have no sound (or PC speaker only). What we need is an OS-level API that allows apps to be mostly agnostic about what device is giving the input. And device manufacturers won't need to release app integration SDKs -- just code the OS driver.
- penguat 13y agoAnd then we have windows all over again? I'm not sure that SDKs are that much better, but windows drivers have been the cause of many wasted hours...
- elithrar 13y agoMany OS's/PC's can even get laptop trackpads right, and we've been making those for over a decade: and shipping tens of millions. Apple gets it right, because they write their own drivers and OS. I don't have high hopes for abstractions on pressure-sensitive styli.