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05-07-2007, 09:55 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sapporo
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The Multi Touch Mouse?
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05-07-2007, 10:04 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Lancaster, UK
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How on earth would that work? I can't work it out...
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05-07-2007, 10:09 PM
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Ronin
Group: Regulars
Location: Sapporo
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I dont know..
I been reading it and looking at the diagrams...
this seems to be the key
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The user will grab the shell, reflecting the light to the sensor inside. Then, the software will interpret the user gestures and act accordingly.
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time will tell...
I am intrigued
Last edited by Kuma; 05-07-2007 at 10:12 PM.
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05-07-2007, 10:11 PM
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Location: Lancaster, UK
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If it's all touch-enabled... Would you hold it? Or use it in a sort of pincer grip, moving your fingertips over the mouse as it sits, immobilised, on the mousepad? How baffling!
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05-07-2007, 10:46 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Australia, Sydney
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So is this patent by apple?
I just can't understand how one would use this but i mean if you would be using it all day wouldn't you need a larger surface to move your fingers around like maybe a flat surface?
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05-07-2007, 10:50 PM
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Ronin
Group: Regulars
Location: Sapporo
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well it is reported as an Apple patent..
but I agree a larger flat surface would have seemed more logical...
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05-07-2007, 10:51 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: At a place called Vertigo
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Originally Posted by applecollector
So is this patent by apple?
I just can't understand how one would use this but i mean if you would be using it all day wouldn't you need a larger surface to move your fingers around like maybe a flat surface?
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Do scroll wheels need to be as big as the mouse?
I think you'll find it's just a new way of incorporating the traditional scroll wheel/s and extra buttons into the mouse.
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05-07-2007, 10:51 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide
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i love all the comments on gizmondo about it...here bloody here, apple should be integrating a two-button solution in all their hardware products.
two finger tapping is a half-assed solution to a problem apple has been too stubborn to face for a long time now.
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06-07-2007, 03:28 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: http://tinyurl.com/2e3t5c
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I thought it would be flat, like graphics tablet.
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06-07-2007, 06:22 AM
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Minδ pidδn pavuista!
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Wouldn't it work just like the iPhone's screen, but on a mouse-like shape? You would click anywhere on the shell to make a normal click, run your finger(s) down the shell to scroll, etc etc?
Sounds pretty cool to me.
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06-07-2007, 06:45 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Speculate! Speculate!
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Dunno, I can see a whole lot of RSI coming out of this idea. I think it's just an attempt to secure the design to prevent others from easily entering the market. Multitouch is a good idea for a screen, but a lousy idea for a mouse.
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06-07-2007, 07:48 AM
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Group: Forum Leaders
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Originally Posted by sanjay
two finger tapping is a half-assed solution to a problem apple has been too stubborn to face for a long time now.
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I love two finger tap and think it's better than two buttons... it gives you a much larger click area and doesn't have right handed/left handed issues.
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08-07-2007, 02:06 PM
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Still stuck in 1984
Group: Regulars
Location: Inside your head
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Originally Posted by stevejay
Dunno, I can see a whole lot of RSI coming out of this idea. I think it's just an attempt to secure the design to prevent others from easily entering the market.
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I think you're onto something -- the MightyMouse is a finicky creature, this would be even more so.
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Multitouch is a good idea for a screen, but a lousy idea for a mouse.
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... but excellent for a trackpad! That's why I started this poll five days ago. Go vote 
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08-07-2007, 02:42 PM
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Banned
Group: Banned Users
Location: Surfers Paradise
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sanjay
i love all the comments on gizmondo about it...here bloody here, apple should be integrating a two-button solution in all their hardware products.
two finger tapping is a half-assed solution to a problem apple has been too stubborn to face for a long time now.
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Duh!.........Mighty Mouse! left and right click .....with multidirection scrollwheel! and the two finger tap is great, you have got to be a.............switcher!  |
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08-07-2007, 03:08 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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I'm guessing that you'd be able to do the pinching actions on the surface of the mouse to control on-screen zooming as well. I agree with Goodbye - you'd probably be able to run your finger over the decices to scroll (easy 360-degree control).
Maybe you'll be able to place your fingers on different sections of the mouse, in a particular pattern, to initate shortcuts?
The possibilities are pretty endless
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