Apple Patents for Multi-Touch Gestures in Mac OS X
Category: Mac
Macrumors found a recent Apple patent application showing a Gesture Control Panel with options to configure Standard Trackpad, Basic Multitouch and even Advanced Multitouch file operations for opening, closing and saving files, as well as editing operations such as: cut, copy, paste, cancel, undo, etc…
These documents show the use of various combinations of fingers being applied to the specific Mac OS X interface (gestures for Expose and Dashboard). Clearly, Apple is working on new gestures using more fingers and combinations to expand the basic multi-touch functionality of the iPhone and the MacBook Air for upcoming versions of Mac OS X and new hardware products.
[Via Macrumors]
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