Touch - An Evolutionary Start by Ubuntu

[gcmartin]

Although this is simply an announcement of an App for Windows, its a prelude of things to come this year.

In addition: Expect to see at least 3 newcomers into Touch to take traditional OSes to a whole new level of Touch experience for users; no matter what platform they use. And expect Apple to extend iOS across their product line to combat what Microsoft has already done in their product line.

Coming soon as this new stuff is showing the way for both apps and OS subsystems.

Now maybe Opera users will understand why ... (new Opera offshoot will fail within 2-3 years as Opera, itself, will continue to nudge away at the market with their latest directional changes.)

[solo]

It seems the Ubuntu phone is happening this year.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/19/ubun ... bq-mobile/

[ETP]

Anyone remember the LED-watches?

Well I remember this one but could not even afford the kit at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(wristwatch)

Then again Douglas Adams had this to say about digital watches.

http://ytinstant.com/#watch?v=2yKaSfUlNRY

[gcmartin]

This is a very note-worthy announcement. Those who believed in Ubuntu to set the path, were RIGHT.

The world is changing to match direction on industry needs. Hello... hello...

[Q5sys]

Its exciting to think how far we have come, since 1961. ... with technology.

Great innovations like coffee cups that tell you when they're empty and wrist bands that let you know when you're tired; garbage cans that let you know when they're full. I'm just so excited

Little things amuse little minds, as the old saying goes.
I find it odd, that a grown-up person, obsessed with triviality, needs to continuously dump his joy on the forum.

lol

[scsijon]

Anyone remember the LED-watches?

Yes, I brought one while in England, as a present for my then 'girlfriend' back in late 1976. Cost the earth, was hard to read, went through batteries, and she was asked to remove it in a theatre once as you couldn't turn it off since it turned itself on when it got dark and it was distracting others.

Nice idea though.

[tlchost]

We need a new version of puppy that will replace the button hook and buggy whips.

[gcmartin]

"New version of ...."

Looking at @ETP's Metro interface for his BluePUP and its desktop, this distro would be a rather simple and easy transistion for a Windows8 user coming into Puppyland with all-in-one PC/laptop with touch ability. Watched a seminar presenter over the weekend using a 19-inch Dell as a tablet. This peaks interest and certainly could attract some newbie adventurers other than those of us who already have a touch PC.

LightHouse64 (LH64) was the first PUP to have touch enabled at the time the system booted to desktop. 01Micko was next with his 64bit Slacko64. LH64 advance a new experience with the mouse button defaults in the system when he "switched" what occurs when a mouse button 1 is clicked on the desktop. His LH64 brings the menu for touch application selection. Brilliant!

As the idea of touch may seem "new" to PUPs, it has been available on some PUPs for over 3 years now.

There are, of course, other approaches by other OSes (MACs/Windows) and distros (Ubuntu/Fedora) to the touch experience if no one likes the PUPPY approaches demonstrated by its members, thus far to/for us.

Here to help

[starhawk]

Windows 8 can shove it.

Do you know that my local tech shop is offering downgrades to Win7 for us$75? From what I hear, business hasn't been slow on that front, either.

Windows 8 is the new MS Bob.

[gcmartin]

Yes, but we are looking for those chaps with all-in-ones/PCs/laptops/Macs/macbooks/etc to join us in the Puppy experience. And we have facilities that will make them happy.

Don't know how many others are interested, but for $75 (US) and the cost of an Win7 MS license, PUPPY users could offer a similar service at a much reduced cost. REMEMBER, ALL of these PC/laptops have 64bit processors and large RAMs yielding some great possibilities with little/no negative impacts. Same for MACs, today.

Let's hope some of our distro developers see some value in making it a little easy to step into Puppyland with the touch PCs/laptops that are sold today. In a classroom, today, 16 of the 17 (by show of hands) advance majors have touch screen PCs/laptops used everyday.

We have pride here, but as @Tlchost shares, something new surely could NOT hurt us. Besides, we really aren't talking about anything new. Its already here in our grasp.