by Marshall Brain | October 6, 2009
The iPhone introduced us to the multi-touch user interface. For example, with multi-touch you can use a gesture like pinching or anti-pinching to zoom.
A multi-touch mouse would bring the same kind of experience to a desktop or laptop machine. Here are some of the possibilities:
Apple is moving in the same direction: Apple has a mightier mouse that needn’t be moved at all
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