Navigating the Start Screen with a Touch Interface
We used to always say that Windows was built with the mouse in mind. After all, the easiest way to use screen elements such as the Start menu, the taskbar, toolbars, ribbons, and dialog boxes was via mouse manipulation. In Windows 8, however, most of these screen elements are gone (or appear only in the Desktop app). Yes, as you saw earlier, you can still use your mouse to display the app bar, the Charms menu, and to scroll the screen, but what if you’re using a computer that doesn’t even have a mouse? We’re talking of course about the tablet PC, a device that is basically just a glass screen with no mouse or keyboard in sight (excluding the cover/keyboard of the Microsoft Surface).
For tablet ...
Get Windows 8 In Depth now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
