VIDEO:Lux: multi-touch for OS X
Lux is an experimental framework that brings full screen multi-touch to OS X. As you can see in the video above it allows a quasi-iPhone like experience in OS X. The project is scheduled to go live in June. Over at Gizmodo they have an interview with the developer, Christian Moore, who talks about the project and how it was built.
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Handwriting recognition software in iPhone 2.0 beta
If you remember a while back, I wrote about a third party app that allows for handwriting recognition on the iPhone called HWPen. Now, according to recent reports, build number 5A258f of the iPhone 2.0 beta software supports a handwriting recognition interface that currently allows only Chinese character input. A translated page of the website of the man who is reporting about this, Kenneth, goes into detail about the interface and contains tons of screenshots.
This app works by suggesting four character possibilities on the right hand side of the screen as the user begins to write the symbol. AppleInsider also points out that a recent patent filing by Apple suggested a next generation multi-touch surface that would allow for this and many more touch operations. All this handwriting news brings back the good old days of the Newton. Let’s hope it gets a little better of a reputation if it does appear on the iPhone. Would you like to see this on the next iPhone software update?
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Beta Beat: Delish
If you’re a Del.icio.us fanactic like I am, then you have hundreds, going on thousands of bookmarks. How do you view your 1,000+ bookmarks? If you use a web browser, then you’re living in the dark ages. I am going to show you a better way to view your bookmarks that may leave you speechless.
Delish is a completely new way to view your Del.icio.us bookmarks. You may ask, “What’s so special about this. Can you not do this with other applications”? Well, no, because Delish is a way to view your bookmarks similar to the way you view your iPhoto images; as a matter of fact, the user interface is almost identical to that of iPhoto. When you load your bookmarks, Delish will automatically download a new snapshot of the page and use it as a thumbnail which can be enlarged for your viewing pleasure. You can also search through your bookmarks and view all of your tags in the left sidebar.
Another killer feature is reserved for those of you with one of those fancy new MacBook Pros or MacBook Airs, because you can zoom into your bookmarks by “pinching” the Multi-touch trackpad — the very same way you can in iPhoto. The only thing missing from the application is the ability to add bookmarks directly from it, although this software is currently in beta and definitely has time to add this support later on.
Delish is currently free while in beta and can be downloaded from the Pine Point Software website.
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