Windows 7 Multi Touch Overview

Posted By: Yochay Kiriaty | May 7th @ 8:22 AM | 44,281 Views | 8 Comments

We have added multi-touch capabilities to Windows 7 that provide support for both Windows 7 and applications--even those applications that were not developed specifically to support multi-touch. As developers, we have the opportunity to opt into multi-touch in Windows 7 and provide additional functionality to our end users, enhancing their user experience.

Join Reed Townsend and Yochay Kiriaty as they explorer multi-touch in Windows 7. They will cover basic out of the box support for legacy applications, as well as for applications optimized for multi-touch, and explain the “Good, Better, and Best” programming model.

This is the first video in the Windows 7 Multi-Touch series, which includes:
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#May 7th @ 12:05 PM
ChrisStepaniuk
ChrisStepaniuk

Wow,

I'm duly impressed.  I can't wait to try this stuff out.  Is there a way we are able to download the demo shown in the video?  Or are there resources we can go read or samples we can go download that show us the "Best Practice" for touch applications?

Thanks!

 

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I don't know if RTM does this, but visual feedback would be great.  So if you pinch a photo, an animation occurs at the same time, instead of the photo just jumping to that zoom level.  Same for gestures, an animation would be a great indicator, not just a "forward" tooltip showing up on the screen.

#May 8th @ 7:25 AM
malshep
malshep
Can we expect the current crop of multitouch devices (i.e. Dell Studio One 19) will fully support these APIs?  Or is that asking too much?  Wink  Thx.
#May 9th @ 12:04 AM
intelman
intelman
Microsoft needs to develop and or push a developer to make a Real Time Strategy that uses multi touch. That would be sweeeet.
#May 10th @ 5:17 PM
PocketXP
PocketXP
More Cowbell
I see this demo was done using the older Dell Latitude XT.

In any case, I'd be curious to know when Microsoft expects multitouch and ink to become mainstream features.

#May 24th @ 9:53 PM
Yochay
Yochay

To ChrisStepaniuk. Most samples shown in this video can be found in the Windows 7 RC SDK. You can find them in the \Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Samples\Touch

Have fun Smiley

Yochay

#Jul 23rd @ 12:18 PM
rocketfish
rocketfish

Is it possible to create custom gestures that will work across all programs in the OS? For example, would it be possible to draw an 'F' on the screen to activate the 'Alt-F' keyboard shortcut?

 

Also, what would have to be done to enable the pinch-zoom gesture for a globe environment such as Google Earth?

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