Windows 7 touch and multi-touch gestures demonstrated on video

There’s been a lot of talk about the touch features to be included in Windows 7, but features were limited and there was little idea as to how it would actually work. We finally have a video demonstrating how you can incorporate touch and multi-touch gestures in your everyday use of the computer.

The video starts off demonstrating the different ways you can manage windows that we talked about in our First Look at Windows 7 UI post. We start seeing gestures being demonstrated 3:35 into the video. Finger flicks allow you to quickly scroll up and down a website on IE - scrolling only stops when you place your finger on the screen after lifting it. “Controlled scrolling” can also be done by having your finger on the screen at all times. Scrolling is different in Word where scrolling stops as soon as you lift off your finger. Zooming can be done with two fingers pinching inwards or outwards. You will see 5:25 into the video that you can also customize the mouse gestures for each particular action. It would be great if Microsoft includes the ability to include your own customizable gestures.  Jumplists can also be brought up by putting your finger on an application in the taskbar and sliding your finger upwards.

Microsoft’s goal is to have simple multi-touch gestures enabled on “most applications” from day one of launch.  Individuals apps can then be optimized (probably through customizable gestures) to offer a greater degree of multi-touch control. All-in-all, the feature looks very promising. Imagine the future of video and photo editing, or possibly being able to type on a tablet PC one day. Maybe I’m getting too far-fetched here but the results are definitely interesting so far.

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