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Are you going touchscreen in October?

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soumya
soumya Original post #1
Jun 14, 2009 at 7:15 PM
*www.slashgear.com/gallery/data_files/7/4/Windows_7_MultiTouch_1.jpg​

Windows 7 is coming out and one of the most exciting features it is bringing is ''TOUCH''.

Some of the things you can do according to techradar is :-

In Internet Explorer 8, you can move backwards and forwards through the page history just by swiping the screen. Pinch zooming is fast too.

Then there's Windows Live Photo Gallery, which has gesture support for rotating and zooming images. Cropping an area just makes sense when you do it with your fingertips.

Collage, a photo manipulation tool that gives you complete control over the placement, rotation and scale of a set of images, has been repeatedly shown in Surface demos and translates well to the small screen.

Surface Globe, meanwhile, is a completely gesture controlled version of Microsoft Earth. As well as being able to control the camera angle and zoom as you spin your way from location to location, it pulls in relevant information from the web to highlight points of interest.

Steve Ballmer showed a vision of the future where our documents and images are populated with layered information pulled from websites, email databases, IM messages and academic resources, all made relevant by search algorithms.

I also saw a piano being played by using your fingers over the touchscreen!

So are you going touchscreen?
S
Jun 14, 2009 at 7:19 PM
is there any monitor which supports touch? :neutral:
if yes, how much it costs? :-o
I
Jun 14, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Working on a touch screen monitor like mentioned above is a sweet dream :lol::lol:
But when you check the prices in india, they will turn into nightmares :evil::evil:
chesss
chesss #4
Jun 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Hey if gestures interests you , then give strokeit a try. Its gestures but with a mouse!
desiibond
Jun 14, 2009 at 10:13 PM
not at all interested in getting back pain/sore eyes by using touchscreen display on desktop. :)
x3060
x3060 #6
Jun 15, 2009 at 12:27 AM
true...its going to be a royal pain, utterly useless technology for computing .
now consider gaming by the time u shoot u will be dead a million times :-D.
freshseasons
Jun 15, 2009 at 7:08 PM
not at all interested in getting back pain/sore eyes by using touchscreen display on desktop. :)


true...its going to be a royal pain, utterly useless technology for computing .
now consider gaming by the time u shoot u will be dead a million times :-D.

Touch technology on Apples iphone gave a new def to mobile computing.

And have you heard of touch porn on iphone ?

With 22"inches Screen bet there is a whole universe there :D
desiibond
Jun 15, 2009 at 7:11 PM
you can hold a touchscreen phone in your hand. It sucks to have touch screen monitor for desktop.
Pat
Pat #9
Jun 16, 2009 at 11:02 AM
I agree. Touchscreen on phones and touchscreen on desktop monitors are two completely different things.
A
Anom #10
Jun 19, 2009 at 3:04 PM
The multi-touch looks amazing on Windows 7. Have a look at the Touch Pack for Win7.
S
sanyaldk #11
Jun 26, 2009 at 9:46 PM
thats great... thanks for sharing