Multitouch (suite...)

[Mark Wieder]

Richard-

Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:12:27 AM, you wrote:

> René Micout wrote:

>> The future ?
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWz1KbknIZk&feature=player_embedded

> I don't know if it's the future, but it represents some very bold 
> thinking in useful directions.  Very provocative.

...as long as the future has a soundtrack featuring a cheesy Casio
organ set on demo mode. That's what initially turned me off to the
whole idea, but once I got to that point:

I notice they don't mention the difficulty of moving both hands from
the touchpanel to the keyboard when you might actually need to start
typing

I much prefer the linux desktop's idea of multiple spaces than the
cluttered windows approach

having used the Sugar interface on the XO device and repeatedly
running into the menu areas at the sides by accident I'm not at all
taken with the idea of the Global operations menu or the application
menu

at 7:50 or so they seem to be taking credit for inventing the dock

...so yes, provocative in that it provoked this rant.

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-Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net