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An Apple patent filing shows the company has taken another step toward the creation of multitouch sensitive desktop Macs.
AppleInsider explains the patent, which was filed last year, explains how to apply touch technologies to creative products in an intuitive way. The report says the patent argues that Apple's existing multi-touch on laptops is limited and sometimes counter-instinctive.
"With that in mind, the patent's sole inventor, Greg Christie, suggests that many creative programs could be changed to take advantage of a full multi-touch interface in what appears to mirror the same music, photo, and video editing tools it already produces for Macs," the report states.
Solutions to this include making touch-sensitive controls that work with changing graphic depictions of the task at hand, the report explains. The patent also posits use of an iPod click wheel type controller in some cases.
The filing explains ways in which different fingers and finger combinations can invoke different commands, even with similar gestures. While the existence of the patent doesn't mean Apple's necessarily going to release touch sensitive desktops in future, the company has the technology to do it.
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