"This latest bit of wunder-code isn't a full new image, rather a tiny WinMo app that does something magical: enables multitouch on single-touch resistive screens. How? Sadly developer OndraSter isn't saying just yet, but it relies on leaving one finger in place and moving the other, so perhaps it detects a jump in touch position and treats it as a pinch gesture."
I'm not sure I haven't heard of something like this before, but in any case it's great to have the option when you want to. There's no argument that capacitive screens bring that little bit extra in terms of responsiveness and senstitivity in interacting with screen elements, but for some things only a stylus (and ergo, a resistive screen) will do. Anything that improves the flexibility and usability of resisitve screens is therefore something I will be watching with interest - here's hoping this little app hits the streets.
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"A planner is a gentle man, with neither sword nor pistol.
He walks along most daintily, because his balls are crystal."
This "amazing feat" really doesn't sound like a big deal. Here's how it works:
1) Press 1 finger to touchscreen - WM_LBUTTONDOWN message generated.
2) Press second finger to touchscreen a decent distance away - WM_MOUSEMOVE message generated with coordinates far enough away from the first point that it could not have happened while a single finger moved. Voila - you've just detected multitouch.
Multitouch On Resistive Screens? Make It So!
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