{"id":7138,"date":"2009-03-26T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T23:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.small-laptops.com\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2014-05-25T22:31:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T03:31:20","slug":"microsoft-talks-touch-and-gestures-in-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.small-laptops.com\/2009\/03\/26\/microsoft-talks-touch-and-gestures-in-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Talks Touch and Gestures in Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Windows<\/a> The Windows Touch Team at Microsoft has posted a very comprehensive look at touchscreen interfaces and interaction with Tablet PCs in regards to the upcoming . The post is their first on this subject, and it sounds like they will be discussing it much more in the upcoming weeks\/months.<\/p>\n

They plan on touch being a “ first-class way to interact with your PC alongside the mouse and keyboard<\/em>“, instead of in the past, where it usually felt more like an add-on (or even an afterthought). They also plan on it not only being used to scroll through a web page or zoom in or out on a map or photo, but also finding its way into games.<\/p>\n

They discuss how touch in Windows 7 has evolved and built upon the experience they’ve been gaining since the Tablet PC days of Windows XP. They also mention where they think touch is headed:<\/p>\n

We think touch will become broadly available as the hardware evolves and while it might be the primary input for some form factors (such as a wall mounted display in a hospital, kiosk, or point of sale) it will also prove to richly augment many scenarios such as reading on a convertible laptop or a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153kitchen PC\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Among the gestures that will work with existing applications:
\n– Tap and drag
\n– Scroll
\n– Right-click
\n– Forward and back
\n– Zoom and rotate<\/p>\n

There won’t be a totally seperate user interface\/shell either – they are working on integrating it directly into Windows 7, with some of the UI elements being optimized for touch input (such as taskbar buttons, etc.).<\/p>\n

It’s a very extensive article, and it’s pretty clear they are making touch a major focus of Windows 7.<\/p>\n

Read: <\/a>Engineering Windows 7<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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