Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Nintendo DS Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:59:25 -0700 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: S010600095b9e072d.vc.shawcable.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Yeah, you can use your fingers. If you don't mind GRUBBY FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE SCREEN. Not one for anal-retentive screen obsessives, I suspect. "James Rutherford" wrote in message news:caap24$8gf2@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > I can't pretend to have been following too closely- but my understanding is > that you can use your fingers. > Marble Madness, please, Mr. Atari! > > > "Nick Slaven" wrote in message > news:ca9a66$6ip4@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > > Hi all, > > > > I'm quite interested by the whole touch pad thing, does it respond to > > fingers or is it just the stylus. > > If you can use your fingers then you don't have your whole hand tied up > with > > holding the stylus, and it opens up a whole new area of control methods, > as > > Scott says - you can have as many "buttons" as you like (though that may > be > > a bad thing) or emulate trackball a interface, or even some gesture > > interface(think B&W) - if its purely stylus input then I think it would > get > > in the way. > > > > cheers > > > > Nick > >