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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