I really hope you can customize what actions do what. I'd really like 4 finger swipe - Wideways to change spaces. That would be more useful than the alt-tab thing.
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Snow Leopard to Add 4-Finger Multi-Touch Gestures to Original MacBook Air
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it's funny that you guys keep posting stuff that may be new to us but in reality snow leopard is complete GM. Kind of like how technology only goes up a tad every 6months when in REALITY they have really fast super computers we never heard of, that is why it's a money profit SCAM. This society is sh*t.
it's funny that you guys keep posting stuff that may be new to us but in reality snow leopard is complete GM. Kind of like how technology only goes up a tad every 6months when in REALITY they have really fast super computers we never heard of, that is why it's a money profit SCAM. This society is sh*t.
Can someone explain to me why the hell they can't add this obvious update with an point release of leopard? How hard can it be? Why should people have to wait for snow leopard for this? I'm sorry, but this is completely pathetic, and Im not going to pretend to be thankful. One could at least give them the benefit of the doubt and try to argue that there's a hardware limitation- but now we know thats not the case, that rationalization is gone. There's no reason why this should wait until the next OS, which is at the very least several months away. It's an update they can easily add right now, but it seems they want another 'bullet' for snow leopard.
You people seem to hold Apple at an extremely low standard at times (or most of the time) for a company that is supposed to be above its competitors.
You people seem to hold Apple at an extremely low standard at times (or most of the time) for a company that is supposed to be above its competitors.
Slurpy2k8: Generally speaking, the process for getting a change into a .x.y build is pretty rigorous, and defaults to "leave it out". They* really don't like accidentally introducing regressions with them.
That said, there have been a few things in .x.ys that had me going "what? how is that in here?". Dunno if that's a case of people getting sloppy about what's allowed in, or just that the bugfix they wanted was in the middle of a bunch of changed code and it was less risky to use the new code than rewrite the fix for the old.
*and their counterparts in other software projects as well. Adium has gotten burned enough times by seemingly innocuous merges from trunk to branch going haywire... the ill-fated version 1.2.6 being the prime example.
That said, there have been a few things in .x.ys that had me going "what? how is that in here?". Dunno if that's a case of people getting sloppy about what's allowed in, or just that the bugfix they wanted was in the middle of a bunch of changed code and it was less risky to use the new code than rewrite the fix for the old.
*and their counterparts in other software projects as well. Adium has gotten burned enough times by seemingly innocuous merges from trunk to branch going haywire... the ill-fated version 1.2.6 being the prime example.
This shows Apple finally getting with the program. I hate reaching for the F keys to do Expose, but with that simple 'hack' I've got the 4 finger gestures. Some people may be bothered with replacing a file in their OS X, but if you want this feature desperate enough you'll typically do whatever it takes.
Four finger swipe hack
according to this blog: http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2009/02/13817/
it is already possible with a very easy hack... Has anyone tried this yet?
according to this blog: http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2009/02/13817/
it is already possible with a very easy hack... Has anyone tried this yet?
I cannot believe the number of people in here who have Airs, and haven't enabled 4 fingers, it takes what, a minute to "hack" in.
I use 4 finger expose constantly. The only reason that this could be exciting news is if you can properly bind them to something else, Multiclutch doesn't like you input certain keyboard combos
I use 4 finger expose constantly. The only reason that this could be exciting news is if you can properly bind them to something else, Multiclutch doesn't like you input certain keyboard combos
You should march to Apple Headquarters and DEMAND that they implement it now.
welcome to the real world. I suggest a nice walk in the woods.
All i can say is that this bettered have support for my MBP, which has [in my mind multi-touch [[two finger scroll]]. I think its stupid that people can hack it to get it to work, but they themselves do not. It makes me mad, that it just a software setting they they have a lock on.
Anyways, I hope this works.
Anyways, I hope this works.
my contribution:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/617645/
this worked fine for me on my Penryn MBP!
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/617645/
this worked fine for me on my Penryn MBP!
Agree. Apple is always looking to milk you for money. It stinks. But it wouldn't surprise me if they disable this multitouch for older notebooks just before Snow Leopard ships though. Would also be very Apple.
I cannot believe the number of people in here who have Airs, and haven't enabled 4 fingers, it takes what, a minute to "hack" in.
I use 4 finger expose constantly. The only reason that this could be exciting news is if you can properly bind them to something else, Multiclutch doesn't like you input certain keyboard combos
Which is my point. We know how easily it is to hack in. We know they already have the control panel and everything for it. There's no new 'assets' to create. How many lines of code could it possibly take to enable it?
There's no reason this shouldnt be enabled now, or months ago. The fact that users developed simple hacks that work perfectly are a testament to how little effort Apple puts to increase the benefit to its users when theres no direct financial incentive to do so.
You're joking, right?
You're right, Apple hasn't been nickel and diming anyone in the past few years by stripping away accessories that used to be included such as stands, docks, adapters, and remotes, as well as making you pay for software updates.
Nope.
Yep. They had the hardware in the 2007 MacBook Pro before the Air, they just didn't enable it until the Spring 2008 MacBook Pros were released!
Worked fine for me too. It's not too hard to do and once you use those features, you will not want to go back.
All I want is to customize it a little bit...
This is great, but can't you already do this?
I Don't have a macbook air, but i have heard its possible
I Don't have a macbook air, but i have heard its possible
Yes, this means that any of the Laptops with two finger scrolling abilities, will now be able to have the 4 finger gestures.
I don't think this is correct at all. It only will update the REV A Air's, and the pre-unibody Macbook Pro's from mid-2008 to allow the newer four-finger gestures.
