Surface SDK 2.0 Targets Windows Touch Devices
With Microsoft Surface SDK 2.0 one can write applications for both Surface and Windows Touch devices.
With Microsoft Surface SDK 2.0 one can write applications for both Surface and Windows Touch devices.
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.
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.
Using Silverlight 3, web developers can offer multi-touch applications to their Windows 7 users.