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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    09/21/09

    In reply to Multitouch Air Hockey Table Is Nearly Impossible To Play
    Why do the Japanese always have lights flashing everywhere it's like a freakin club on crack in a touchscreen. The first video was to much, I think if someone stood there long enough trying to follow the puck amongest the colors they would have a seizure.
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    09/21/09

    @dimsum4u: They're trying to weed out the epilepsy population.
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    09/21/09

    In reply to Multitouch Air Hockey Table Is Nearly Impossible To Play
    So I had a seizure just watching that, I cant imagine how it would be to play it.
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    09/21/09

    In reply to Multitouch Air Hockey Table Is Nearly Impossible To Play
    Wow, I never knew I could do so much with a big-ass table!
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    09/21/09

    @Mike: What is an "ass table".
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    09/21/09

    @Xterm11: A chair.
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    09/21/09


    @Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK:
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    09/21/09

    @Anonymoose: oops, meant to post this as a link since it may be considered NSFW. i tried to delete the comment but was unable to. editors, feel free to delete it if it is considered nsfw.
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    09/21/09

    @Anonymoose: Nah man, that's perfect.
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    Image of Kerr Kerr
    02/02/09

    In reply to What Using Windows 7 Multitouch is Like
    The Windows UI just wasn't made for this...buttons, check-boxes, and the rest is just too small for using your finger.
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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    02/02/09

    @Kerr: Actually the UI since Vista was designed for this sort of stuff. Remember that DPI settings can be altered to make the Windows UI elements larger which is perfect for fat fingers.


    The tools are usually there in Windows; people are just unaware of it or make assumptions about it.

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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    02/02/09

    In reply to What Using Windows 7 Multitouch is Like
    I don't know if it just the beta that is making this look sluggish and unresponsive or the crappy HP touchsmart PC.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    02/02/09

    @MacDaddy901: It's not sluggish. There are moments where I don't hit the right thing, but "sluggish" is not the term to describe those moments. "Clumsy," maybe? I'm no hand model, that's for sure.
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    Image of benjello benjello
    02/02/09

    In reply to What Using Windows 7 Multitouch is Like
    It all looks a little sluggish and like there are still some issues with responsiveness.
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    Image of rizzle rizzle
    02/02/09

    @benjello: I agree with @benjello.


    I brought this up during PDC 2008, and the response from the Microsoft folks was that the drivers for the HP which provide multitouch were "extreme beta", so perhaps that's the main cause.


    Anyone know what the touch technology is that HP is using? It doesn't look like capacative touch, like with the iPhones and G1's?

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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    02/02/09

    @rizzle: It's actually an IR-based bezel thing—you don't have to touch the screen to "touch" it. Capacitive would cost $9,000,000 on a screen that size.


    I don't know what you guys mean by "sluggish." It reacts perfectly fine. I agree that some traditional moves aren't made for touch, like closing tiny windows, but the thing itself works fine.

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