Windows Mobile 6.5 supports primary main gestures that together will represent the backbone of the interaction model introduced by the operating system. And make no mistake about it, although Windows Mobile and Windows CE are in no way strangers to touch screen interfaces, the fact of the matter is that gesture suppo... |
10 July 2009
09:59 GMT |
 |
|
Microsoft is pointing to Windows 7 as one of the innovative technologies that it is offering for organizations involved in the educational process. The Redmond company indicated at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2009 that Windows 7-specific features and capabilities managed to make the operating... |
29 June 2009
06:47 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft is committed to the evolution of Natural User Interfaces, until they become pervasive across all computing products. There are examples today of the efforts from the software giant that are already producing results. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. NUIs are in their infancy, and Microsoft Chief Exe... |
4 June 2009
10:42 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft is increasingly flirting with Natural User Interfaces as the evolution from traditional computer-human interaction models and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles acted like the stage for the next piece in the company's NUI puzzle: Project Natal. Sure enough, at an entertainment centri... |
2 June 2009
12:14 GMT |
|
|
With the advent of Microsoft Surface and the upcoming Windows 7 operating system, Microsoft is attempting to redefine the human-computer interaction paradigm. The Redmond company has constantly increased the focus on natural user interfaces, and the evolution of existing computing interaction models beyond the now tr... |
24 April 2009
10:04 GMT |
|
|
When Eric Havir. Sr. Manager, Digital Communications at Microsoft/Surface stated that “Microsoft Surface and education are like peanut butter and jelly” he was right on the spot. Havir offered the two videos embedded at the bottom of this article showing Microsoft Surface, the Redmond company's first... |
30 March 2009
07:27 GMT |
|
|
With the Windows 7 Natural User Interface, Microsoft is intent to use predictability and reliability in relation to gestures in order to build touch habits. The new Windows 7 interaction model was conceived built on the evolution of the platform's graphical user interface, and to tailor itself to all application... |
26 March 2009
13:15 GMT |
|
|
Making Windows 7 touchable involved for Microsoft a focus on the evolution of the existing experience, namely optimizing the graphical user interface for touch, and not delivering a Touch UI or a Touch Shell. The Redmond company emphasized that the end purpose was to make touch capabilities pervasive throughout the o... |
26 March 2009
11:40 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft is a software company that allows itself to flirt a tad with hardware design and manufacturing. However, the Redmond giant is limited for the most part at producing hardware peripherals, and is best known for its collections of mouse and keyboard devices. At the very same time, the software giant is making ... |
5 August 2008
09:45 GMT |
|
|
One thing is clear, although starting from the summer of 2007 and ending in the first half of this year, the main focus for Microsoft has been building Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, in terms of the Windows client the company did much more than just service packs. In the background of Vista SP1 and XP SP3, Micros... |
28 May 2008
05:23 GMT |
|
|
