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Microsoft touch support is poor overall

Talk to any Viliv S5 owner who put a Windows 7 beta on their little tablet/umpc.

1) There is poor digitizer support.
2) If the digitizer isn't recognized during install, the tablet-oriented stuff is disabled.
3) No easy way to enable all tablet stuff after driver installation.
4) OS apps are not touch friendly.
5) IE is touch friendly, but there is no way to manually reenable the touch aspects. No Firefox-style grab and go finger scolling.

A total joke. Microsoft has some great technology, but here is the difference between them and Apple: Apple takes a technology to it's conclusion and makes it as polished as possible for the enduser, and more often than not the Microsoft effort comes across as half-hearted.

Posted by: croberts   Posted on: 06/17/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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