We have reached a point where technology allows us to create a proper tablet PC. By proper, I mean something of the size and weight of a paperback book, rather than a coffee table hardback. Technology has also bought us touchscreens that don’t require the use of a stylus. What’s left is coming up with a UI that that’s specifically designed for finger use, rather than cursor or stylus. While this UI wouldn’t necessarily need to be designed from the ground up, thought would need to be given to each and every control that the end user is exposed to while using the operating system. Then, once the OS has an established touchscreen UI, you then have to wait for that to filter down to the developers, so that they use similar principals when designing applications.
This brings me to my final point - applications.
Another glaring problem with the tablet PC form factor is that once you’ve accepted that the OS UI is woefully inadequate, you then have to contend with the depressing fact that almost every application you’ll ever want to use will be a horrible mess when it comes to usability. I can’t think of a single desktop application that I use that has a UI that is anything better than execrable when it comes to tablet usage.
So, a Windows 7 based tablet will be a really nice thing … until you try to use it.
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Αχα χα χα χα. Να σε καλά! Τελικά βγάζετε πολύ γέλιο εκεί στην Windows βιομηχανία :P
Δεν πειράζει. Πάρε κάνα CrapBook, εεε, συγγνώμη, NetBook ήθελα να πω...
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