For example, one laptop may make use of three-finger gestures, while another may not. Gestures can be inconsistent from one Windows device to another since different manufacturers design the trackpad features. 'With Windows 10 we're adding support for power users in a touchpad, where multiple finger gestures, which all of you power users learn, can make you really efficient.'īelfiore certainly touches on a stumbling block for trackpads in the current versions of Windows. 'In the past, touchpads on Windows have really been done very differently because OEMs do them,' Belfiore said, referring to original equipment manufacturers - or third-party makers of Windows PCs. In his demo, Belfiore cited one of the previous limitations with touchpads. In a speech at the TechEd Europe conference on Tuesday, Microsoft corporate VP Joe Belfiore took the audience on a tour of the new trackpad gestures due to pop up in the Windows 10 Technical Preview and presumably the final release.
Microsoft will outfit Windows 10 with new trackpad gestures that borrow more than a few tricks from the Mac. Tom Warren/YouTube screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft is baking some trackpad features into Windows, which should make gestures more consistent across different manufacturers' Windows laptops.
