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Surface SDK 2.0 Targets Windows Touch Devices

Topics
WPF,
.NET,
Microsoft,
Programming,
Multitouch,
XNA,
Companies,
Surface

With Microsoft Surface SDK 2.0 one can write applications for both Surface and Windows Touch devices.

A DSL for Multi-touch Gestures

Topics
Silverlight,
.NET,
Rich Internet Apps,
Programming,
Multitouch,
TouchToolkit,
Surface,
TUIO

As part of the TouchToolkit, Frank Maurer and Shahedul Huq Khandkar have created a DSL for multi-touch gestures. The language is in a declarative style with two sections. The first section, labeled “validate”, contains the rules used to determine if a specific gesture is being performed. The second section contains the return values for the gesture.

iPhone Antenna Problems Pose Alternative Interface Design Questions

Topics
Culture Change,
Culture,
Architecture,
Multitouch,
Design,
Useability,
Mobile,
Simplicity,
Business,
iPhone

Problems with the new iPhone4G antenna again raise questions about interface design for small devices. This article briefly recaps some of the problems posed by phones and similar devices and points to some potential alternative interface solutions.

Silverlight 3 is Bringing Multi-Touch to the Web

Topics
Silverlight,
.NET,
Programming,
Multitouch,
Rich Internet Apps,
Windows 7

Using Silverlight 3, web developers can offer multi-touch applications to their Windows 7 users.