Hi, On Sep 4, 10:32 pm, "stranger in black....." <gnu...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-10-10-comes-with-multi-touch-support
Let me add a little bit of background info. Canonical blog: http://blog.canonical.com/?p=414 Shuttleworth blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/455 Unity UI spec (very interesting): https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfkkjjcj_1482g457bcc7 There is a bad news, and a good news. Bad news first - It is too early to celebrate. uTouch is an experimental framework. It presently supports only one or two platforms (one is a high end laptop from Dell - XT2), used as a development platforms. Also, currently its functionality is too limited to be of any use. It will take some time to mature. The good news is - multi touch as touted by Canonical for Ubuntu will be much more elaborate than anything else we have seen in the area. Once the API matures, support for available touch screens will improve irrespective of Canonical's efforts. Meanwhile, uTouch will revolutionize multitouch in the following ways: 1. As is the tradition with whatever in GNU/Linux, uTouch interaction will be subject to elaborate standardization. It will be consistent across environments and applications. It will be easier to learn and remember. 2. The interaction will be much richer than the ones already in market. Simple gestures can be chained to achieve complex effects. There will be a gesture language to specify these. 3. The framework will integrate functions in kernel, xserver (mpx) and userland layers. However, the programming interface will make it a piece of cake for programmers. So patience everyone, the future is in the making! Regards, Gokul Das -- "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
