I want Surface
- Thread starter JohnR
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Frank Browne
Final Approach
Wow! That looks pretty dang spiffy!
I'll keep my Mac though.
I'll keep my Mac though.
flyingcheesehead
Touchdown! Greaser!
Hey, something cool from Microsoft!
I wonder who they bought it from...
Funny thing is, it sounds very iPhone-ish. Pinch to change picture sizes, where have I heard of that before?
I was about to think "Hey, they finally 'get it'" but then I saw that they're planning on doing this only at a few partners' business locations. What? No consumer market? Sheesh. I spose ya can't let people have the idea that their computers should be intuitive.
I wonder who they bought it from...
Funny thing is, it sounds very iPhone-ish. Pinch to change picture sizes, where have I heard of that before?
I was about to think "Hey, they finally 'get it'" but then I saw that they're planning on doing this only at a few partners' business locations. What? No consumer market? Sheesh. I spose ya can't let people have the idea that their computers should be intuitive.
Hey, something cool from Microsoft!
I wonder who they bought it from...
Funny thing is, it sounds very iPhone-ish. Pinch to change picture sizes, where have I heard of that before?
I was about to think "Hey, they finally 'get it'" but then I saw that they're planning on doing this only at a few partners' business locations. What? No consumer market? Sheesh. I spose ya can't let people have the idea that their computers should be intuitive.
The size strech and pinch thign was done by a Jeff Han at NYU. There's an amazing demo online: http://www.perceptivepixel.com/
http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/
Niether Microsoft or AFAIK. Apple licensed the technology, but it's more likely Apple did. Microsoft claims they developed it at the same time.
What was more interesting to me was when Bill Gates demoed it on the Today show. They finally managed to coach him to stop screaming at people. He is turning human right before he retires.
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