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Interacting with the Windows 7 Touch Interface

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

From what I have seen , the iPhone-like touch interface to be featured in Microsoft’s Windows 7 looks very impressive. I hope Microsoft makes the interface backward compatible with MS Windows existing features. For example, some of us are used to the “blue screen of death” when the operating system totally gives up and crashes. To jog your memory, here is an example of one:

As you can see, this is just too boring and flat at a time when are most likely already agitated and want some “closer” interaction with the device. How about using the new Windows 7 touch interface features to enhance your experience? Imagine you could express yourself interactively on how you feel about the Windows blue screen of death… er, with your fist!

You could also use your foot. Well, the possibilities are endless…