

Direct manipulation can be single-touch, dual-touch symmetrical, or multi-touch with two contact points.

In this blog post, I shall highlight what Microsoft says is possible with Gestures in WEC7 on the following lines:Ĭompact 7 supports the following gestures: So, I started to see what Microsoft says about gestures in WEC 7. It does not explain how to customize the touch gestures. This blog explains the Gesture events that are already supported by Windows Embedded Compact 7. This blog explains how to use the Touch Gestures in the Compact 7 WIN32 applications. Windows Embedded Compact 7 supports gestures that are single-touch, dual-touch symmetrical, and multi-touch with two contact points. So as soon as I encountered the fact that WEC 7 has complete gesture support, the immediate thought of using gestures and Silverlight made my imagination run wild. Without gestures, I don’t think we can associate cool and UI anymore.

For some time now, we had wanted to develop some real cool graphical user interface with Windows CE and every time in our brain storming sessions someone would come up with the lack of support of a full-fledged gesture support in Windows CE 6.0. Moreover, gesture support has been the most promising feature of WEC7 from the User Interface perspective. One day in the near future, operating a gadget, computer or other electronics devices without a touchscreen may seem as obsolete one to us like the idea of using a PC without a mouse does today. Touch screen and gesture support a few years ago a niche technology that was found in very few specialized businesses and industrial applications has suddenly seems to be everywhere.
