Yeah I wish I could get an external multitouch trackpad On 1 Sep 2009, at 12:19, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
> > Hi everyone, > > I was just wondering if anyone stumbled upon someone somewhere on the > cloud who might present a multi-track pad the size of a monitor? I'm > saying, because those of us who have a recent macbook can enjoy the > track miulti feature with sl, but it sort of cringes in size and real > estate, as compared to the iphone. And those who don't have the newer > ones just won't be able to appreciate a piece of technology which is > sort of obviously thought up for the anticipation of the apple tablet. > > Now i'm not speculative by nature, but curious on what sort of voice, > so to speak, we can have with such accessibility conscious companies > as apple and third party manufacturers if they exist, and i believe a > device such as the trackpad i mentioned would be another step for not > only the sighted but also, exponentially so, for those of us who don't > use sight as a means of digesting information. > > I for one would love to be able to read at a glance an excel > spreadsheet by just scrolling my finger on a large touch sensitive > surface. > > Now the one thing to consider i guess, as no lunch is free, the cost > effectiveness and viability of such a device. As i see it though, > apple has been considerably conscious of the growing community of > visually impaired mac users, and switchers alike. ANd i believe they > will not let things go for now. This is how apple makes me smile. They > have a department dedicated to answering accessibility questions, and > they probably also have thought up the productivity increase anchored > to such technologies as the apple tablet coupled with different > applications. > > Just throwing this out as i came back from starbucks :) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
