Comments on: Stimulating Developers with the Ultrabook Platform

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:25:51 +0000

I fail to see how developer conversation around Ultrabooks is useful. Seems to me that this is about Windows 8, and not so much about Ultrabooks. As a developer, I don’t care whether my app will be running on an Ultrabook or not. The decision will be whether to build for Windows, then whether to build for Metro. Developers don’t need to be told what an Ultrabook is. We are usually early tech adopters.

By: Andrews

Andrews — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:10:43 +0000

I don’t even like using voice command on my smartphone. Even less using hand, face, body, etc. gestures to control a computer. It looks nice and fancy in TV and movies but in real life, not so much.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:38:13 +0000

I’m not looking forward to the day when I have to move my entire body to just interact with my PC. I’m not really liking this trend from touch to kinect like then probably some Minority Report like interface.

Yeah, there are probably some scenarios where these types of interface methods would be more efficient but I don’t think there are very many of them.

I’ve played with the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect games. They were fun but after the initial excitement faded away it was just too much work.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:55:38 +0000

Hi Guy.
I haven’t seen any studies on this important topic but I’ve used touch-enabled laptops for a while (many years) and I don’t consider the scenario to be any worse than normal laptop use which, let’s face it, is not exactly a perfect ergonomic solution.

I’m quite interested in the future of gesture control where a hand doesn’t have to be moved to the screen. There’s a hint or two out there that Microsoft Kinect could be built into Ultrabooks. That level of hand /finger/body recognition will be a huge development that could negate the need for touchscreens altogether.

Chippy.

By: guy

guy — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:03:09 +0000

Has there been any kind of studies about physical issues with using touch devices in various situations? I’m concerned about having permanent joint pains from prolonged touch interface use.

Every time I see someone using a tablet while standing up or propped up on a table, it looks very awkward to use with uncomfortable wrist and hand positioning with repeated wrist movements.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:03:56 +0000

That ultrabook with a touchscreen abomination is useless and hideous… And if Asus will design the WHOLE Zenbook Prime 2013 edition for touch, then it will suck.. big time.