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Apple Developing Full Multi-Touch Macs... in 2010?
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Hmm...maybe Apple will finally release the G5 Powerbook...only with full multi-touch. Awesome rumor here.
perfect
2010 would be perfect. we usually like to keep our computers for 3-4 years, so we'll be looking to replace our current macbook around that time!!!
2010 would be perfect. we usually like to keep our computers for 3-4 years, so we'll be looking to replace our current macbook around that time!!!
I support a licensing program for computer users that includes typing ability, spelling proficiency, and sarcasm detection.
unless there was a touchscreen and another screen, like a Nintendo DS. Then the 'keyboard' touchscreen could adapt as required.
Still not sure it's viable
Sure.
If it's real, it's the fabled tablet computer that no one else has had any success with. Cool idea, but other than the some posters on Mac web sites, there's no evidence that anybody wants one.
It is probably inevitable given the Apple ownership of touch technology/patents. And maybe it'll become the legendary book/magazine/newspaper reader that so many have said is coming. If anybody can make a desirable tablet, it's Apple.
Sure.
If it's real, it's the fabled tablet computer that no one else has had any success with. Cool idea, but other than the some posters on Mac web sites, there's no evidence that anybody wants one.
It is probably inevitable given the Apple ownership of touch technology/patents. And maybe it'll become the legendary book/magazine/newspaper reader that so many have said is coming. If anybody can make a desirable tablet, it's Apple.
I work on ship's where it is common for one or two of the officers and crew to have thumbs and fingers missing from 'accidents' at work. How are these guys going to cope? I bet everyone of you knows someone with a digit missing, that's quite a lot of people that won't buy this concept, unless there is room for customising.
No.
Do you have any idea how much easier it is to use two-finger scrolling than move your cursor over to the little scroll arrow and click? Drives me insance on windows laptops.
Some of the new multi-touch features on the MBA seem a bit gimmicky though. But until I actually use them I can't judge. Mutli-touch is a brilliant idea if used properly.
This is shown in the diagram.Let's hope they figure out how to do touch screen cut and paste before then!
The most difficult thing for Apple with be adjusting the UI so that it responds to each gesture to confirm it has registered correctly. There will need to be loads of visual cues to tell you your 'touches' worked.
I thought so until I started two-finger scrolling on my new MB and wished I had considered the MBP a bit more. It is the next big thing for computing, especially mobile.
I also think QWERTY could be on its way out, using gestures and combinations of fingers for characters, like the clerks in a law court using a stenotype at 300 wpm rather than a traditional keyboard.
I find this truly idiotic. I am not averse to change, and if this is some kind of tablet--then ok, they have their uses for certain people. But a laptop without a keyboard is just not an advance in technology that's actually useful for people.
Sometimes technology doesn't give the consumer any benefit, and a touch keyboard is just that, a useless feature developed for marketing purposes to make people think it's some great tech advance they have to have when they really don't.
Sometimes technology doesn't give the consumer any benefit, and a touch keyboard is just that, a useless feature developed for marketing purposes to make people think it's some great tech advance they have to have when they really don't.
like people using Sat Nav on the motorway, is it really that hard to remember which exit to come off at?
A gimmick and useless. Time and time again I (and others) have pointed to the fact that no one is going to want to have their entire arm lifted all day touching a screen. Some folks insist that I'm being closed minded and that people said the same thing about the mouse...not quite. I could see a touch keyboard, but even then the lack of REAL touch feedback would render it very hard to use. Besides, why are we getting worked up over something that probably won't materialize, or if it does it'll be sometime in 2010?
Yes damit I know thats the direction they are headed with their macs but they are taking too friggin long!
2010? Thats like.....way too far in the future for me!! *folds hands angrily*
note: Oh, and this black and white april fool's stuff is freaking me out. Stop it already!
2010? Thats like.....way too far in the future for me!! *folds hands angrily*
note: Oh, and this black and white april fool's stuff is freaking me out. Stop it already!
I see two uses
The first one allows us to pick the keyboard layout that suits us best. We can use QWERTY, Dvorak, or have the keyboard match the language being used. For instance, if you select the Russian nationalization for your Russian language class, the keyboard automatically changes. Also, when you have caps lock on the letters become capitalized.
The second one is for games. Instead of using letters to control the game the "keyboard" changes to controls specific to the game. Think Star Trek: Starfleet Command.
Speaking of Dvorak, I am surprised the iPhone doesn't have that keyboard available.
The first one allows us to pick the keyboard layout that suits us best. We can use QWERTY, Dvorak, or have the keyboard match the language being used. For instance, if you select the Russian nationalization for your Russian language class, the keyboard automatically changes. Also, when you have caps lock on the letters become capitalized.
The second one is for games. Instead of using letters to control the game the "keyboard" changes to controls specific to the game. Think Star Trek: Starfleet Command.
Speaking of Dvorak, I am surprised the iPhone doesn't have that keyboard available.
note: Oh, and this black and white april fool's stuff is freaking me out. Stop it already!
you can turn it off... (User CP, Options, Theme)
assuming this isn't an April Fools, i'd be very keen on this
2010 would be good timing as i'd be ready to replace my desktop and my laptop macs about then
i don't see why people see it as a problem - i love using the keyboard on the iphone, it's fast and quick to use - the corrective text entry is very close to correct every time.
the whole "arm in the air all day long" argument is wrong too
the input device would be a combination of wacom tablet/screen
you'd type in the bottom half and when you hold your hands over the screen as if about to type, it'd bring up the keyboard graphic overlay under your hands
there wouldn't be a problem with having your forearm in contact with the screen, it would recognise that kind of contact is not the same as finger contact points and would ignore it - a sweap of your arm isnt going to click-drag every icon on your desktop into the wastebasket..... although, that would be kind cool too
2010 would be good timing as i'd be ready to replace my desktop and my laptop macs about then
i don't see why people see it as a problem - i love using the keyboard on the iphone, it's fast and quick to use - the corrective text entry is very close to correct every time.
the whole "arm in the air all day long" argument is wrong too
the input device would be a combination of wacom tablet/screen
you'd type in the bottom half and when you hold your hands over the screen as if about to type, it'd bring up the keyboard graphic overlay under your hands
there wouldn't be a problem with having your forearm in contact with the screen, it would recognise that kind of contact is not the same as finger contact points and would ignore it - a sweap of your arm isnt going to click-drag every icon on your desktop into the wastebasket..... although, that would be kind cool too
Not in the slightest. Gestures in Safari for example, gestures in Preview (Rotate, Pinch etc). On the face of it, it's a bit of a gimmick. I can understand that. But once you've worked with it for a while, it helps out a lot.
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