technology the milky way

Multitouch in Windows 7 is like syrup on a hamburger.  The syrup is multitouch and the hamburger is Windows 7.  Windows 7 has a metaphor that isn’t suited for multitouch.  It’s an operating system that was built for the use of a keyboard and a mouse, not for fingers.  What we’re left with are a whole bunch of buttons that are hard to click, a whole bunch of windows that are hard to drag, and a whole bunch of applications that either don’t have touch support at all, or have different interactions from one app to another.  It’s a mess!  I’ll still eat my hamburger, just without the syrup.