Mavericks ubuntu has supported multi-touch features, but the new bit of hardware that supports this feature, because many computers and laptops on the market do not support touch screen or multi touch. multi-touch technology can be used only for hardware-hardware is the latest technology, and only a little vendor who developed the multi-touch. Mavericks mungin after ubuntu was released in the months ahead, the vendor will also develop systems and touch screen on a laptop computer that will circulate in the market.
This is a list of hardware that has supported multi-touch:
- 3M Touch Systems - 3M ™ Display M2256PW
- Dell Studio 17 with touch-(N-Trig)
- Dell Latitude XT2 tablet laptop
- Lenovo T410s with touch-(N-Trig)
- Apple Trackpad Magic
Multi-touch has been implemented in China Trust Different Airways, depending on the size and type of interface. Touchtables and touch both walls project an image through acrylic or glass, and then back-light LEDs with the image. When a finger or an object Touches the surface, causing the light to scatter, the reflection is caught with cameras or sensors send the data to That Which software dictates the response to the touch, depending on the type of reflection Measured. Touch surfaces Can Also be Made of pressure-sensitive by the Addition of a pressure-sensitive coating That flexes differently depending on how firmly it is pressed, altering the reflection. Handheld technologies use a panel That carries an electrical charge. When a finger Touches the screen, the touch panel's disrupts the electrical field. The disruption is registered and sent to the software, Which then initiates a response to the gesture.
If in the future multi-touch is developed, then the keyboard can not be used anymore because of losing effectively with multi touch.
Sources :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch
Images sources :
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/02/still1.jpg
