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to: Antti Kurenniemi
from: /m
date: 2006-09-03 09:11:16
subject: Re: insane technology demo

From: /m 


I first saw that capability when I was looking at the MacPro notebooks a
few months back.  I really liked the ability to scroll the screen by
placing two fingers on the touch-pad and moving them in the direction I
wanted the screen to scroll.   With that capability, I may even be able
to turn off the scroll bars in Opera...

 /m


On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 13:21:11 +0300, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote:

>Simply treat the touch like it was the mouse - some touchpads on laptops
>have the same ability with the touchpad.
>
>
>Antti Kurenniemi
>
>"RobertB."  wrote in message
>news:rb28-78DA41.16312802092006{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Well, it looked pretty amazing to me.  I've no idea how you get to
>> move stuff around like putty on a touch screen.
>>
>>
>> In article ,
>> "Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote:
>>
>>> I think someone posted a link to that already. I don't see it as that
>>> amazing - cool, yes, but definately doable IMO.
>>>
>>>
>>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>>
>>> "RobertB."  wrote in message
>>> news:rb28-734A7E.11064901092006{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> >A friend sent me this from youtube. It's a technology
demo, although I'm
>>> > not sure who these guys are associated with. However,
it's pretty damn
>>> > amazing. Question: Is this just smoke and mirrors or have
we reached
>>> > this stage of technology yet?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_mBjOmq1kY
>>>
>>>
>

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