Touchscreens

[garote]

An email from Mr. Beatings pointed me at this demo. It's still a prototype, but Apple helped developed it, and has the patents on it.

Errr ... Okay ... Just last week I was sitting in my living room telling Mr. Lexor, "Touch screen? WTF would I need a touch screen for? A laptop without a keyboard is useless, and a finger on the screen only covers what you're trying to see!"

But after seeing this, I have completely changed my mind. Holy crap. This is going to change EVERYTHING.

P.S.: Hey Mom -- I told you to buy that Apple stock last year -- if you didn't, do so now. And also: We got the painting, and it's splendid! I got all wistful when I saw it. We've placed it in the living room, next to my monitor.

Comments

[breakpoint.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic, and I really want to code for this thing.

However, I have to wonder about the fingerprint smudge factor.

Although, come to think of it, even if I had to wear a set of cotton inspection gloves or something, I'd consider it; this is pretty cool.

[beatings.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic, and I really want to code for this thing.

Yeah, I think I can safely skip the Web 2.0 craze, and ride this bandwagon instead...