Thread: Dr. Ari Jaaksi on Maemo 5
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2008-09-23 , 22:08
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#385
Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
BTW: whats the big deal with multi-touch? I have never seen one single use case for it (no, zooming images doesn't count, that's sooo 2007). Except for being cool, what could be done with a multitouch interface that I can't do now? (Given also that I use one hand to hold the device...)
Maybe it's subtle. For instance, if you type fast with fingers on the onscreen keyboard then there are moments when one finger has not yet left the key and another finger is already on a key. Multitouch hardware could handle this and would make for a much better experience in this case.