Now A Multi-Touch Gestures Based Text Editor Multitouch Gestures for copy, paste, undo, redo etc

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This is my personal review of a multi-touch text editor software called StNotepad Touch.

 

StNotepad Touch is the first application (correct me if I am wrong), which supports multi-touch gesture based actions for common tasks like copy, paste, cut, delete, enter, tab, space, backspace, undo, redo, save etc. I am using this on HP touchsmart tm2 running Windows 7. The gestures feel very natural to use. I think these days we are really seeing the true potential of multi-touch applications. As more and more multi-touch notebooks/slates/tablets pop out from the factories to the consumers, so is the demand for multi-touch applications. You can see the video for yourself:

 

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Currently the following gestures are supported as shown in the image. It seems more and more gesture support are being added every now and then. You can check out the individual gestures on the official website here: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/. OR you can refer the gesture chart image here:

 

 

StNotepad Touch already has a unique feature not seen in 'windows applications'. That is translucency of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) while the text and controls remain completely opaque and legible. I have been using this unique feature a lot already. Also I really like the multitouch translucent theme. This theme is so much user friendly, by enlarging the title bar and menu bar. Very useful for people with fat fingers like me .

 

Another feature specially implemented for multi-touch devices is the Circular Menu. This type of menu is actually called Pie Menu. Check out this Wikipedia link to know more about it. In my opinion this Pie menu is the best alternative to right click menu for a multi touch tablet/slate/notebook. May be useful even on the smartphones. If you are wondering how a circular menu looks, see the screenshot:

 

 

If you want to check out this application, the official website of StNotepad Touch is http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/.