[OSX-Users] Re: Lion Mail.app

[Christopher Gutteridge]

Seems like they're catching up with those microsoft table thingys...



On 21/07/11 13:57, Steve Harris wrote:
> 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 
>>>>> <mailto: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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