Scott Rossi wrote:
Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote:
I just submitted a request in the RQCC for this:
<http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8446>
Hi Richard:
I went ahead and voted for this but I'm curious how you expect to implement
such a thing? It's true that OS's are gaining support for the tech, but
folks are going to need specialized hardware to accept input. Do you expect
many people will ditch their current laptop or flatscreen just to get
gesture input capability?
For myself, I am quite interested in the applications (am waiting for a
small touch screen to do some experiments as I write this) but it seems like
an expensive jump for many "average" users. Am curious as to what your
expectations are.
I expect Rev to make my toast and coffee in the morning and look good
doing it! Is that too much to ask? :)
I recently bought a dirt-cheap netbook from Asus, well under $300, and
it's an older model yet it supports multitouch in its Linux-based OS.
OS X does too, and it's a big part of the Win 7 API. I'd be surprised
if the laptop you have now doesn't support it.
Sure, it's hardware-dependent, but so is Rev's multi-monitor support: if
you only have one monitor you don't get to use it. ;)
Multitouch is becoming so prevalent these days that it seems safe to at
least take the early steps to explore the similarities of the various
APIs that are provided by the platforms Rev runs on, and send messages
from devices that can use those APIs.
Like contextual menus, it may be good during these transitional years to
have whatever functionality you provide available more than one way.
It's good practice to have anything in a context menu also appear in the
menu bar, and if you provide support for, say, multitouch pinch you'll
probably want to also provide a zoom button for those who don't yet have
a multitouch-capable system.
But the number of such systems is dwindling, daily (though oddly enough
the new Droid phone doesn't support multitouch in the US, but the
Android 2.0 OS supports it and European versions of the device support it).
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
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