MPX Touch Screen

[Rich Tate]

Take a look at this awesome touch screen display similar to the Microsoft Surface that we have seen so much about. This system differs quite a bit in its operation as well like using Linux for one.

We don't need gesture support in X. Gestures depend a lot on the context. A gesture in one context can mean something different in a different context. And the only thing that knows the context is the application. This is very similar to a button press. Pressing a mouse button can mean a zillion different things, depending where and when it happens. That's why all X does is relay the button press to a client application, which then does the right thing.

 

[piako]

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[LeTUOtter]

Maybe I'm just easily impressed, but the fact that it can recognize multiple inputs at the same time strikes me as pretty freaking cool. Working on a paper with a keyboard/mouse while someone else doodles or browses the web on the same screen? Neato.