Death of the Mouse (iPad)
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What will happen to the mouse and its screen companion, the cursor? Replaced by the touch screen. Even the keyboard has been virtualized, the physical keyboard still has its place in the future.
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I wish there was a way to hook up an ipad to the mac and use it as the input device.
- ukit0
I think the real question is...
How will the touch screen possibly survive once the mind helmet hits the mass market?
- jazmine0
does the touch screen allow for stylus type tools? i don't think fingers are enough for more complicated apps where you've got all kinds of option buttons controlling the menus, and pixel level control is needed..
- i_monk0
Fingers are fine if you aren't doing anything precise. The mouse may die, but it'll be replaced with a stylus of some sort.
- version30
the real question is who needs a monitor or blue tooth when it's built inside your head by organic, time delayed, absorbed by the body nanobots
- Pixter0
I believe in something like a multi-touch mousepad.
- ukit0
- ribit0
There's hybrid displays coming that will allow both finger and stylus interaction at once. I've tried a demo... moving, rotating and scaling a sketch with my fingers at the same time as sketching with a pen (with normal Wacom pressure sensitivity), all on one screen. I want this...
- version30
predictive text is brilliant... the word predictive doesn't even exist with my full keyboard, i wouldn't mind typing with T9 on a 10 key
- fyoucher10
They should make stylus's that are built into your fingertips so you can get more precise control. What if a guy has thick fingers or has no fingers?
