Archive for the ‘Touch’ Category

ASUS Eee Top launched - clever, appropriate use of Touch

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

ASUS are the smart cookies. They virtually started the consumer Netbook phenomenon with the affordable, linux based, eee pc. Now they release a stylish, all-in-one device with a Touch screen that's based on XP obviously targeted at friendly family use at, hopefully, a competitive price - the ASUS Top. The screen ...

Revisiting touch on the OLPC XO laptop and hardware access design

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

"Accessibility is about accommodating characteristics a person cannot change by providing options" -- Joe Clarke, 2001 * An outline * some ideas in olpc first look was promising * accessibility and usability are hardware issues too * accessibility should venture out of the online space into hardware design Last year I had a first look ...