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Windows 7 multitouch demo video

May 28th, 2008 by Harry Brignull • 1 comment

If you haven’t seen this clip already, here it is. There’s some smart comments on slashdot, in amongst the noise.


Video: Multi-Touch in Windows 7


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  1. 3 sided coin

    wow, the same old comments from slashdot/digg….

    - apple did it first
    - it’ll get smudged
    - my hands will ache
    - i hate microsoft
    - it’s slow (err.. and a hardware tech demo)
    - the interface isn’t designed for touch (err.. its a hardware tech demo)

    this is a good example of microsoft’s “disclose early” method of PR going wrong.

    It’s a tech demo built very roughly on top of server 2008 codebase, with a non-integrated or optimized piece of capacitive hardware gaffa-tapped to the back of the screen.

    What’s more important, is that the multitouch framework will be built into win7 as a low level software layer, and presumably OEMs will be encouraged to build in hardware. Sidenote: the Win7 UI will be the last thing we see (<6months to release).

    Form factors that make sense:
    - drawing board (jef Hann - tedtalks)
    - B5 tablet (iTablet?, smaller TabletPC)
    - UI that isn’t built for mouse/keyboard.



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That'll be me, Harry Brignull. I'm User Experience Consultant at Madgex in Brighton (UK). My work involves making experiences by blending User Research, Interaction Design and UCD process consultancy. In the past few years I've consulted for Nokia, British Airways, Vodafone, O2, AOL and many others.
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