Using one now. It's aiight, but doesn't yet have the multitouch features.
Posted on 07/29/2010 8:23:34 PM PDT by Swordmaker
The speculation half of the review misses the fact that OS X has already transitioned to the multitouch model. I’m using it right now with my late 2008 unibody MacBook.
Now, there might be some work to do in terms of getting rid of the cursor, but that’ll be tough to do considering that the Internet is designed around having a pointer of some sort.
Editor for what, Poser?
How will you be able to hit ctrl-alt-apple key????
It's too tiring to move your hands across a 24-inch or 27-inch display. The idea of a good swiveling stand that will allow the user to easily move the display down to a very low angle, so she can use it similarly to a Microsoft Surface, sounds good in a sci-fi kind of way. But at the end of a work day, your neck and arms will hurt. The angle will also limit readability and, in any case, you will obscure part of the screen with your arms.IMHO that problem is fatal to the desktop touchscreen. But it's also true that switching the right hand between a mouse and keyboard is a serious nuisance. One solution for the pointer is infrared head tracking devices. That allows the user to move the cursor with subtle head movement, leaving both hands free for the keyboard.Of course the keyboard needs to die, too - replaced by voice input, which is far more natural to humans than manual texting can be. CP3O in your pocket, anyone?
I just do not get this either, but then again, I am just starting to have my first cup of coffee.
“Of course the keyboard needs to die, too - replaced by voice input”
Now picture the average multi-story office building, crammed with cubicles, and every single employee talking to their computer for every single word and command, all the while talking to their customers and clients - you -on the phone, who are also talking to their computers while trying to communicate with the business person.
Enjoy your future.
Expectin my Trackpad tomorrow. Hopin it’s a good choice.
I wonder if one interim step will be the addition of the iPad as the trackpad for iMac or Mac Pro. When set at the computer it interacts with the iMac like a trackpad, only the docs and everything else that can be synced go with you when you walk off (with the iPad).
“the mouse is death”
And way too many sentences start with conjunctions.
Using one now. It's aiight, but doesn't yet have the multitouch features.
My wife uses the magic mouse as a track pad...she and the kids keeps switching the settings. I haven’t used it much, so I don’t know exactly what they are doing...they both love the mouse, but use it very differently.
I do too much side-by-side stuff for this to really work for me. The loss of multiple desktops is one of the things I really don't like about OSX. I really can't live without 4-8 desktops.
But where would Conjunction Junction be without them?
(How many people now have that song going through their heads? (evil laugh))
“However, for PRECISE control, give me a mouse any day.”
I’ve been thinking about a tablet (with pen) for a while. Maybe that Wacom Bamboo + pen will be the ticket...at least the price is right.
Of course, I’ll keep the mouse for most stuff, too much muscle memory involved.
“But where would Conjunction Junction be without them? “
Conjunction Junction would have no function.
The scrolling on the Magic Mouse is far better than any mouse ball or wheel I’ve ever tried, plus I get limited gestures. My dislikes are that I lost the middle button, and the edges of the top should be a little less sharp, more rounded.
It has multiple desktops in the best implementation I've seen so far. I use four stretched horizontally. You can have more horizontally, vertically or in a grid. You navigate between them with Control-[Arrow Key] or by using the icon on the menu bar. You also aren't likely to get lost amid all your desktops. The current content swipes off and your new desktop content swipes in (direction depends on the direction to the new screen), and an overlay animation at the bottom of the screen whenever you switch shows where in the larger pattern of desktops you're coming from and going to.
LOL. I think you spotted a fatal flaw! I suspect it would also create the habit of talking to yourself while in public.
:-)
Of course the keyboard needs to die, too - replaced by voice inputLOL. I think you spotted a fatal flaw! I suspect it would also create the habit of talking to yourself while in public.Now picture the average multi-story office building, crammed with cubicles, and every single employee talking to their computer for every single word and command, all the while talking to their customers and clients - you -on the phone, who are also talking to their computers while trying to communicate with the business person.
Too late for that; phones and now hand-free blue tooth headsets have already done that.
I'll have to check that out. I admit, I haven't played with my MIL's Mac enough to really have any idea what I'm doing. So far, I like KDE better, but I'm open to change. :-)
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