Synaptics multitouch.

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 04.06.2008, at 21:39, Chris Ball wrote:

> 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.


The new Dell Latitude XT tablet supposedly has a capacitive multi- 
touch screen. N o word about driver support yet, afaik.

- Bert -