LOL. that is kind of an oxy-moron. I think Steve has made it clear how he feels about stylus'
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Apple Depicts Advanced Multitouch Gesturing Control Panel in Mac OS X
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LOL. that is kind of an oxy-moron. I think Steve has made it clear how he feels about stylus'
It can save time to complete all your commands in one area (the track pad).
The MBA was found to have the same hardware under its track pad as the hardware under the iPhone's screen, so I can only assume that it is capable of advanced multi touch capabilities.
Well thanks for the compliment, but I think it is HOT
As do lots of other people that have made mock-ups that are very similar! Guess we will see what Apple thinks in the next couple weeks or so.
Waiting for a bluetooth multi-touch pad.
That way Mini, Mac Pro and owners of older Apple hardware are able to have this functionality.
Optional for when it's handy. Put it on the desk, do your thing. When you're done, back in the drawer.
GIMME!!!
That way Mini, Mac Pro and owners of older Apple hardware are able to have this functionality.
Optional for when it's handy. Put it on the desk, do your thing. When you're done, back in the drawer.
GIMME!!!
You know what they say... it's all fun and games till you close the laptop too hard and the glass shatters...
I don't think it would be glass like the iMac, it is just a mock-up.
This has been covered a MILLION TIMES. NO..... The MacBook Air has the same Multi-Touch chip that the iPhone has! This has been confirmed in the disassembly.
Has it been confirmed yet that the iPhone is capable of detecting more than two points of input for Multi-Touch yet? Well... The MacBook Air can do 3 points right? And it is the same chip. So I guess they just haven't implemented it yet?
when will i know??? MBP AIR 15" tomorrow?
is this for real? I am waiting !!! I am seriosly standing around all day with the money in my hand wanting to go buy my Air but now with talk of a 15" MBP I am up in the Air ? anyone know how long? whats up with the best buy stuff with the inventory opening? could it be this week a 15 air with the trackpad gestures? tomorrow? seriously how will I know right when it happens this hurts really bad!!
is this for real? I am waiting !!! I am seriosly standing around all day with the money in my hand wanting to go buy my Air but now with talk of a 15" MBP I am up in the Air ? anyone know how long? whats up with the best buy stuff with the inventory opening? could it be this week a 15 air with the trackpad gestures? tomorrow? seriously how will I know right when it happens this hurts really bad!!
true, but we don't all forego monitors because some people are blind. We just work on other tools that allow them to take advantage of computers in a different way. Same sort of thing here, I think. Multitouch is great, though, for accessibility. If you only have a few fingers on your hand, you can configure the thing to only support gestures you are able to perform. For some reason my intuition is that a trackpad might be better than a mouse for people with accessibility issues. But maybe I am way wrong
You know what they say... it's all fun and games till you close the laptop too hard and the glass shatters...
I like it. And has anybody else noticed how small their current trackpads seem now after the MacBook Air lol??? I feel like I'm in a straight jacket hehe
Yes, the MBA can utilize up to three with the current setup. However, nothing seems to keep that number from increasing to four.
Yeah, I have. I tried some of the examples from the article, and they felt very cramped. Props to Apple for increasing the size.
Well I don't know really, but MBA can do at least 3 points of input, and I think that from the MBA on Apple is getting all the hardware ready. I don't think they would implement it only to have it not do the real deal a year later and have to refresh again. They want these to get into the hands of all of us now so by the time 10.6 comes out with this we have the hardware already.
Sounds like sex to me. And I like sex. Therefore, I like multitouch.
Seriously though, this is freaking awesome. I hope so badly the new MBP is actually redesigned with the MBA trackpad.
I would assume that basic multitouch, and advanced multitouch settings are meant for a real touchscreen. I hope we'll see a small tablet this year, I'm eagerly waiting for such a device from Apple to use as a comicbook-reader.
The command line is still more efficient. :|
We should be focusing on interfaces that require only the keyboard, moving your hand on and off the keyboard to reach for a mouse/touchpad/whatever is a critical inefficiency that's been in computing for about 24 years now.
Either that or find a way to type words without a keyboard(iPhone's keyboard isn't the answer unfortunately). I personally don't think voice recognition commands/typing is the answer either, imagine how sore your throat would be after a day of heavy computing
We should be focusing on interfaces that require only the keyboard, moving your hand on and off the keyboard to reach for a mouse/touchpad/whatever is a critical inefficiency that's been in computing for about 24 years now.
Either that or find a way to type words without a keyboard(iPhone's keyboard isn't the answer unfortunately). I personally don't think voice recognition commands/typing is the answer either, imagine how sore your throat would be after a day of heavy computing
heh, no need to roll your eyes. And it wouldn't be an oxymoron, even if you were right, lol.LOL. that is kind of an oxy-moron. I think Steve has made it clear how he feels about stylus'
I watched the Keynote. Jobs criticized the stylus as a stupid thing to carry around and use with a tiny device like a PDA/"smart" phone. That's an extremely far cry from using a touch pad with a stylus like a Wacom pad. For one, it's not portable. For another, it's not tiny and awkward, it's nice and big.
Not that I predict that a touch pad with a stylus is in the cards for Apple. It's already been taken care of (the pen part) by others--for the Mac. But it would be interesting to see a hand gesture pad.
I don't see touch screen desktops anytime soon. It's just so much less efficient and so much more annoying, after the novelty wears off.
what happened to simplicity?
i find it interesting that Apple, since the introduction of the first Mac, always insisted that computer control via the mouse/trackpad should be simple--just a 1-button mouse--yet now they are introducing this very complex multi-gesture system. i personally will probably like it since i have always preferred multi-button mice and always disagreed with apple's resistance to more sophisticated mice and trackpads.
i find it interesting that Apple, since the introduction of the first Mac, always insisted that computer control via the mouse/trackpad should be simple--just a 1-button mouse--yet now they are introducing this very complex multi-gesture system. i personally will probably like it since i have always preferred multi-button mice and always disagreed with apple's resistance to more sophisticated mice and trackpads.
While my hats off to the ability to crank out the mock up... I would have to agree that I dislike it. And I'm sadly thinking that whenever a updated MBP comes out, it is going to look a hell of a lot just like that
Well what if the mouse doesn't die? Have you tried all of these, the mouse goes all over the place!
I think it would be better to see this sort of touch/gesture bad as highly interactive function keys. They'll be fantastic ways to go about using short cuts, but still able to provide the basic functions found in the touch pads and mouse of today. So while not everyone may be able to take full advantage of every feature they can provide, they won't leave those users who can't use them out in the dark.
