On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Visakh <gokulda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Looking at how much time they took to finish 66% of Hurd, I think it's > going to be a looong wait to finish the rest. Most of the FOSS > community has simply given up on Hurd - often, it's a big joke. > > On the other hand, it is not the linux kernel that looks lacking now. > The desktop UI metaphor itself looks old. Many including Bill Gates > predicted the death of mouse and keyboard in favour of a more natural > UI. But we are still waiting. Perhaps the MeeGo platform (the project > merged from Moblin and Maemo) is a first step.
Mouse is already obsolete (in terms of technology) when Apple released Macbooks with a multitouch trackpad ;) Still waiting for multitouch support for Apple's trackpad to land to production Linux though. Currently, synaptics driver seems to support two and three finger clicks and two finger scrolls (only on vertical axis it seems), but the UI for mouse drag is really silly. As for keyboard ... i don't think its going anywhere soon. Even in sci-fi movies they still have keyboards and keypads ;) Keyboard is simply faster, private and more precise than other input mechanisms. My guess is, the next step for input might probably be one of those brainwave contraptions. Regards Rajeev J Sebastian -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
