OTB Multitouch support in Natty - What should I be expecting?

Mister IT Guru misteritguru at gmx.com
Tue May 3 14:53:08 UTC 2011


On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 12:22 +0200, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> On 02/05/11 19:33, Liam Proven wrote:
> > On 2 May 2011 17:56, Mister IT Guru<misteritguru at gmx.com>  wrote:
> 
> >
> > Firstly, touchscreens are still a bit fraught on Linux - I speak from
> > recent experience. One of my companies
> > (www.simplicity-computers.co.uk) is considering selling touchscreen
> > machines&  we've found that a lot don't work, or don't work well, with
> > Linux.
> >
> > Secondly, touchscreen<>  multitouch. (Or "!=" if you're more of a C person.)
> >
> > Multitouch is still mainly a phone/tablet thing in my experience;
> > desktops tend to have resistive touchscreens, which generally aren't
> > multitouch.
> >
> > Capacitative tends to mean multitouch - this means you can (and often
> > *must*) use your fingertip. Resistive means a stylus and no
> > multitouch.
> >
> Liam,
> Why is your site password protected??
> Joep
> 
> 

I did notice that, and it's a windows server to boot!


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