They're both capacitive technologies...I can't see any reason why the gestures on the iphone can't be implemented on the trackpad of existing MacBooks...just a driver update. OS X already has gestures built-in, right??
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Multi-touch MacBooks Coming?
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They're both capacitive technologies...I can't see any reason why the gestures on the iphone can't be implemented on the trackpad of existing MacBooks...just a driver update. OS X already has gestures built-in, right??
might be a good idea for a tablet...
I think multi-touch is a very practical interface for small screens like that of the iPhone, but I couldn't see a full macbook (pro) with it. maybe if they made the long rumored tablet with it, it wold be great...7" or something very small and expensive with another incredible 160 dpi screen.
I think multi-touch is a very practical interface for small screens like that of the iPhone, but I couldn't see a full macbook (pro) with it. maybe if they made the long rumored tablet with it, it wold be great...7" or something very small and expensive with another incredible 160 dpi screen.
No Multitouch screen.
I have seen the future...
Apple will never make any laptop with a multitouch screen. Nobody likes a dirty screen and that's what you'll get when you touch your screen. The iPhone is different because you can clean it with your shirt and a thumb, but to clean a 15" screen is a different story, so no screen touching... ever.
Instead, they may develop a bigger trackpad with multitouch ability (which is already present today on all macbooks). Maybe that trackpad will be divided, one smaller area for cursor movement and another for multitouch input.
Another cool way could be that the complete keyboard/trackpad area of the laptop could be a multitouch surface. When you need a keyboard you just make a gesture and backlit keys emerge from the surface giving a keyboard only when needed.
What do you think?
I have seen the future...
Apple will never make any laptop with a multitouch screen. Nobody likes a dirty screen and that's what you'll get when you touch your screen. The iPhone is different because you can clean it with your shirt and a thumb, but to clean a 15" screen is a different story, so no screen touching... ever.
Instead, they may develop a bigger trackpad with multitouch ability (which is already present today on all macbooks). Maybe that trackpad will be divided, one smaller area for cursor movement and another for multitouch input.
Another cool way could be that the complete keyboard/trackpad area of the laptop could be a multitouch surface. When you need a keyboard you just make a gesture and backlit keys emerge from the surface giving a keyboard only when needed.
What do you think?
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It sounds like many here do not see multi touch making it's way onto the Mac, my first impression of the Leopard feature set was that it was the gateway into a touch interface. Coverflow never made alot of sense to me until I saw Steve Jobs flicking through it with his fingers on the iPhone. Seeing Coverflow in new places in OSX makes me think it's coming down the pipe and onto a Mac of some sort.
there is absolutely no new hardware in this, lol, they could do it now if they wanted to... its just a software update that would understand new gestures... all trackpads(not just mac ones) can see more then one finger, but the microsoft software doesn't use it... I know a guy who installed Linux on his laptop, and got a peice of software which could detect all the fingers... it wasn't an apple laptop for the record.
so, it'll be the same trackpad you all know and love, but with a few new gestures
so, it'll be the same trackpad you all know and love, but with a few new gestures
That sounds like it would be absolutely cool. I would love to see a feature like that on a tablet especially.
Modifier key
I could see multitouch working quite well on a MacBook or MacBook pro if a modifier key was used for multitouch. For navigation around the screen, a single finger would be used as normal, to scroll the screen, the 2-finger drag method comes into play and for multitouch, a command/option-type keypress activates it while the key is down, release the key to return to normal mode. Would cut out a fair degree of screen navigation in Photoshop, that's for sure, and actually, I wouldn't mind that setup completely replacing the keyboard/mouse arrangement on a desktop as well (new iMac?) as it would keep both hands in one place without getting your mouse cord in a twist!
I could see multitouch working quite well on a MacBook or MacBook pro if a modifier key was used for multitouch. For navigation around the screen, a single finger would be used as normal, to scroll the screen, the 2-finger drag method comes into play and for multitouch, a command/option-type keypress activates it while the key is down, release the key to return to normal mode. Would cut out a fair degree of screen navigation in Photoshop, that's for sure, and actually, I wouldn't mind that setup completely replacing the keyboard/mouse arrangement on a desktop as well (new iMac?) as it would keep both hands in one place without getting your mouse cord in a twist!
It's Apple, so it'll be the same hardware and updated drivers that wont work on the old machines... simple.
Want multi-touch ? Buy a new machine.
