[OSX-Users] Re: Lion Mail.app

Steve Harris swh at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Jul 21 13:57:43 BST 2011


As a longtime Psion user, I'm still annoyed that small laptops don't have touchscreens yet.... other than the grotty Windows Tablet edition machines, which were awful.

A touchscreen iMac seems like it would give you arm ache.

- Steve

On 2011-07-21, at 11:21, Tim Chown wrote:

> :)
> 
> I can see Lion Mail working OK with the widescreen 11" Air, with folder, inbox and thread panes.  A touchscreen on such smaller models would seem even more appropriate?
> 
> Tim
>  
> On 21 Jul 2011, at 10:32, David Tarrant wrote:
> 
>> Top marks go to Tim for noticing what Apples possible next iMac refresh might be!
>> 
>> http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/01/apple-touchscreen-imac-rumor-just-wont-die/
>> 
>> On 21 Jul 2011, at 09:46, Tim Chown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 20/07/2011 21:51, "Nick Gibbins" <nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks to the change in inertia, the two finger swipe-scroll does seem to
>>>>> be quite reasonable. I've just tried scrolling through a webpage that
>>>>> runs 
>>>>> to thirty-three page, and it takes 3-4 swipes to go from top to bottom.
>>> 
>>> I'm getting used to it.
>>> 
>>> The thing is, if Apple are going to make Mac Mail feel like the iOS Mail app, which if their intention they seem to have achieved, I want a 15" touch screen to drive it.
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 

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