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The_Document
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 Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:13 am Post subject: Neat laptop accessory |
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Turns laptop into touchscreen Im sure it works with linux since I seen a video of someone on linux using it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR5r1EfvheI |
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Fitzcarraldo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:58 am Post subject: |
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Looks moderately interesting, but the manufacturer's Web site only lists it for Windows 10 and Macbook Air. It requires a driver, so I'd have to see it working with Gentoo in order to take it seriously. Amazon UK is listing it today for GBP 59.19, which is too expensive to risk buying and trying. Furthermore, it appears from the manufacturer's Web site that the best performance is in Windows rather than a Mac:
| AIRBAR for Windows 10 wrote: | | A notebook with a 16:9 display in the size 13.3”, 14” or 15.6” running Windows 10. You need 22 mm of flat surface below the bottom edge of the display for mounting the AirBar sensor. |
| AIRBAR for Macbook Air 13.3 wrote: | | macOS® operating system does not support touch like Windows 10 does, but with AirBar you can turn the screen into a big trackpad. With a quick software installation, you can use multi-touch gestures right on the screen of your Macbook Air 13.3. |
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Ant P.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:34 am Post subject: |
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Touchscreen mods were a common thing on the eee701, circa 2007. Those were real touchscreens using standard HID drivers, not winperipherals like this. The novelty wears off after a while.
I'm amused they couldn't even figure out how to get this to work on Mac OS, people would be up in arms if things like those high end Cintiq art tablet screens didn't work on it. Sign of a terribly engineered proprietary driver protocol. |
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The_Document
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:23 am Post subject: |
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| Ant P. wrote: | | Sign of a terribly engineered proprietary driver protocol. |
Makes me wonder if its in the same ballpark as those items (digital cameras...ect) which use proprietary connector adapter over USB. Isn't writing a proprietary driver for the touch screen device akin reinventing the wheel. |
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skellr
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Where did all these scratches on my screen come from? |
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