Synaptics multitouch.

[Chris Ball]

Hi,

   > Looks like Synaptics touchpads can detect (up to three?) fingers
   > independently.  This would allow us to start prototyping multitouch
   > software using normal laptops.

Ah, looks like I'm wrong.  It can detect how many fingers are held down
-- which means that you can specify gestures that only fire when the
required number of fingers are down -- but there's only one set of x/y
coordinates coming from the touchpad rather than one set per finger.

- Chris.
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Chris Ball   <cjb at laptop.org>