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Multi-pointer X is coming

Multi-pointer X is coming
[Development] Posted May 27, 2008 16:52 UTC (Tue) by corbet

The announcement has gone out: the multi-pointer X (MPX) patches (covered here in February) have been merged into the X.org mainline. MPX is the key to a number of interesting new interaction techniques, including collaborative work on a single display and multi-finger touchscreen interfaces. It should be interesting to see what application developers do with this capability.

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