No not the birdie......




    {how rude}   



{ahem}  I'm talking about Windows 8 touch-screen finger licking gestures. 

Apparently Windows 8 Metro is very touch-centric (more so than iPad) and obviously best suited {oh duh} to touch-screen UI (Metro) but if you intend to use Windows 8 in the old classic desktop environment as it's been for ages then I suggest users will probably be better off switching to Windows 'Classic mode' if that is at all possible in Windows 8 user settings?. 

Since Touch-Screens and Gestures seem to be the trendy geeky hip new way to get personal with the computer it opens up many future possibilities --- interesting developments such as; new virtual instrument plugins and DAW's that make it possible to shape sounds and compose using Finger Gestures, a concept that begins with color-blobs to create new sounds and songs by reshaping blobs using finger gestures. 

I think the above technological development is a real possibility and if I'm right?... then I guess anyone will 'claim' they're a musician and they write songs and they produced that sound and oh well I guess you get what I'm mean! Dang it! 

Hmmm I wonder what other possibilities finger gestures will have in future in regards to the touch-screen UI ?  and what will be the pros and cons especially as users move from the old classic (qwerty+mouse) to {ahem} Finger Gestures?... 

Anyway... it's time to take my medication but I'll be back later today to see if anyone has any other gestures they'd like to add to this thread. 

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Are you sure he's not just commenting on Aero?

mike_mccue


Are you sure he's not just commenting on Aero?

If he found a crack?, then yeah I guess so. 

Crack?... 

Let me explain;  Aero = Glassy looking UI which was first developed in Windows Vista.  

 
{Ahem} What was everyone else thinking huh? 


= {naughty} 

:-)

As I just mentioned in a different tread, gestures can be cool - I find them awesome to navigate through a project in Logic - zoom, scroll and such.

Not sure how much I'd really on them if I had to use a touchscreen through, but w/ a trackpad (Mac), they became such an integral part of the way I work that I'm missing something whenever I launch an app that doesn't support them.

I still rely on a mouse too much - or the equivalent - to make a touchscreen all that useful. And a trackpad combines the best of both worlds.

Rain: I still rely on a mouse too much - or the equivalent - to make a touchscreen all that useful. And a trackpad combines the best of both worlds. 


That's a really good point and suggestion :-) 

I think it will be great to have one built straight in to a desk.

I'll use a stylus just like it's a wacom tablet.

When the DAWs have their own built in multi-touch, and the displays are laying flat in the desk, it will be the next step in E-vo and we can finally get the display monitors out of the way of the sound.

best regards,
mike

A lot of people end up using just the keyboard, since it all works with that also.

I agree.

I use the - and + signs for all my level changes.