http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft releases Windows 7 Touch Pack as a free download http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Only if you have fingers]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/I been using one since xp and its been working fine for me, windows 7 was a big improvement.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
... if it doesnt suck. ]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Maybe you ought to try it, and you will know it's perfectly usable, despite the patently absurd parroting by ignorant people that state otherwise.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
"patently absurd parroting by ignorant people that state otherwise"

i.e: Apple fanboys.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/it's just a couple of programs that take advantage of touch interfaces. Mostly it's just toys and games. In short...no. ]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
That was a bit chilly. Is everything alright with you? ]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Trollz to Trollin'!!!]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
If that is not what he meant, does this now make Windows 7 Starter touch-friendlier? If not, get on it MS. That seems like an arbitrary limitation.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
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Nice to have, but not groundbreaking.

The price is right though. ;)]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Anyway they're a little late with this software, but as long as it works good.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
There's nothing like Apple releasing a new device to give Microsoft a nice kick in the pants. Someone needs to remind the world that Apple didn't invent this stuff and is infact late to the party.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Competition? You have to wonder exactly what this has to do with the iPad though. MS is trying to get people to use Touch on their desktops?

*sigh.............................]]>Apr 22nd 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Hey hey, fingers? Who said anything about fingers? Ain't no way in hell you're gonna do digital art on Windows 7 with your finger. I was talking about styli. That's what you would use on stuff like Photoshop.

Apple's iPhone OS interface shouldn't even be compared to Windows 7. Don't you think that's a little unfair? One's met with consumption mainly in mind and the other is for work, with play on the side. One is light and the other is heavy. One doesn't true support stylus input or pressure sensitivity digitizers, the other does They're on different hardware architecture for crying out loud.

I really find it odd it when anyone says that Windows 7 is better than OS3/4 or vice-versa. It doesn't make any sense to compare the 2. They are meant for different things. They only overlap in stuff like the Web, or Facebook, or playing games. Everything else is totally different.

Besides, I already believe that if you're not gonna be doing stylus work like digital art, and note-taking (OneNote) you shouldn't be using a touchscreen version of 7.

You should be comparing OS3/4 to WP7, that's a fair comparison to me, and aptly right to say Apple's touchscreen OS is ahead of MS.

But I don't think MS is not gonna rework their entire OS so some people can dick around with maps and a web browser. That would be a waste, wouldn't it? That should be left to upcoming tablets running their CE variant, WP7. That OS is built from the ground up to be finger-friendly.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
"Microsoft absolutely needs to have a "touch mode" for Windows 7."

Spoken as someone who's never used Windows 7 on a touch device. This already exists, and is enabled as soon as you bring your finger to the screen. Icon sizes can be set larger across the entire OS. Menu spacing automatically resizes so items are easier to find. The icons on the new taskbar are finger sized. Jumplists can be flicked open, and also resize based on touch input. Gestures are natively supported. There is a right click multitouch gesture built in. Gestures for copy, paste, and any custom action you want to perform. Finger panning and momentum scrolls built enabled throughout the OS... I could go on and on.

I mean, Microsoft is still ahead of Apple in some areas. You'd think with an OS built from the ground up for touch, you wouldn't have to press "forward" and "backward" buttons. In Windows, you swipe left and right in webpages to go forward and back.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
uh-heh-heh-heh
heh-heh-heh]]>Apr 22nd 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Be glad that it's not "touch package"]]>Apr 22nd 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/that says it all.
its going to be a really badbadbadly implemented add-on for an already bad os.
well, i would say, everything as usual in redmond... ]]>Apr 22nd 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/]]>Apr 22nd 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
lol. Just tried it. The answer is no]]>Apr 22nd 2010 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Seems like this app will go over great for the 10 or so people who can use it. Now if they made a version that worked with all those old resistive tablets out there, I could see it peaking some interest.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
Multi touch PCs and laptops have been available since 2008. Also these apps will work fine on resistive displays as long as you don't want to use any multitouch gestures. Granted, they sure aren't at fun.

Also, these have been available on torrent since release.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
But it was not to be. I downloaded it and started the installation and ended up with the message that it could not be installed without a touch screen enabled computer.

]]>Apr 22nd 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/
*slow applause]]>Apr 22nd 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-touch-pack-as-a-free-download/Apr 22nd 2010 11:59PM