During the video it talked about innovations in handling windows and showed the little thing that pops up when you click alt
+tab but it explained this is still inefficient.

I agree with you that a touchpad that fits both hands and has that much precision will be large. Not to mention every time you wanna type it would get awkward.

It definitely needs work but it is interesting where the ideas are going and i hope to see more.
What i do not want to see more of is the Apple iPad. Too much Hype and way too little. It is a large iPod touch. That is it.

Gaming wouldn’t suffer as much. Like the Wii, this type of interface could cause a paradigm shift and usher in a new era of games that are designed from the ground up to be controlled with fingers.

A small point no one has mentioned yet: what of accessibility? Not everyone has ten fingers, or full use of them.

More logically, tink about how few mice are left handed.
Then think, how many people have the manual dexterity to succesfully use two mice. Ambidexterity is only half of it.

2 Mouses could work but it would be awkward. As a mouse would have 1 on the left and one on the right…plus a keyboard that’s a lot of space, especially on a laptop.

Somehow I dont see 2 mice working with only 2 hands. Unless your incredibly endowed ? Then maybe you could use a mouse and a Mac mouse (One Button)

It’s talking about the desktop as if one big garbage dump without a taskbar, alt+tab or shift+tab, or a mouse with only one button and no mouse wheel.

Besides I’m wondering how big the touchpad needs to be for a bit of precision on a 1920×1080 res display (not to mention anything higher). That’s gonna be a lot of finger movement. Speed-wise a hand/finger can’t beat my mouse.

The ideas are interesting but need some rethinking imo. Maybe drop the physical keyboard and go with touchpad + mouse.

I’m excited to see efforts to move beyond the keyboard/mouse interface, which, if you remember, has been with us since 1968.

Welcome, too, would be an alternative to the mess of faux 3D windows–a relic from the early 80’s.

Good riddance to them both!

Sure: Technologizer, GigaOM, Gizmodo live blog, CNN…

i think it’s expense that holds us to the traditional mouse, not practicality.

I’m still waiting for a global keyboard that you wear like a glove (eventually leading to embedded sensors in your fingertips). The keystrokes would be created based on where your thumb touches your finger. Two thumbs, 8 fingers, at least 4 comfortable points to touch on each finger – should work.

I got that idea while sitting at a bar with Monte Pittman a few years ago – while he’s listening to music, his fingers are always moving like he’s playing the guitar.

Should be an interesting day for WordPress.com as well: whenever Apple does a major announcement we blow past all our previous traffic records.

Do you have some high trafficked Apple-related blog or it is globally on many blogs?