When Apple hadn't announced support for touchscreen in Snow Leopard I was really disappointed and I wondered why Apple was giving the advantage for Windows 7.Of course I continued to have high hopes for a tablet or slate form factor, but I figured Apple would use the iPhone operating system since the Mac's forthcoming operating system only supported gestures on its track pad (I don't really consider that to be true multi-touch).
But now, thanks to posting on 9to5 that Snow Leopard, it seems that Apple just might support true multi-touch on the Mac operating system. Check out this more detailed run down of clues to Snow Leopard's support for multi-touch by Leander Kahney on Cult of Mac. It's pretty exciting and it goes a long way to supporting the rumor that Apple will announce (but not necessary release) a tablet or slate next week.
I know its pretty silly to follow up on all these rumors about the Apple tablet, but I just can't help myself. The fact that Windows 7 has full support for multi-touch and the possiblity that Apple's Mac OS will too is just too exciting. It also helps to justify my switch last year from server-side software development wonk (15 years!) to multi-touch fanatic.
I told my wife last year, when I made the switch to multi-touch software development, that not only was I totally obsessed with the possibilities of multi-touch as a human-computer interface, but there is a sustainable market for those skilled in multi-touch design and development. This is just one more bit of evidence that my gambit will pay off! (I'm not saying, "I told you so"; I'm saying "Whooh! I'm glad that didn't backfire". )
I consider myself fortunate to be making a living doing both Microsoft Surface and iPhone development this year, and I'm looking forward to doing lots more multi-touch work on the Mac tablet and Windows 7. It's good to know that the software industry is going full speed ahead with multi-touch for the masses.
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