Touchpadbedrijf Synaptics has a video posted online in which a new type of touchpad in cooperation with Windows 8 demonstrates. The company has for the new hardware, a special high-speed interface developed InterTouch is called.
In the video, is a new type of ClickPad of the company, which also on the Microsoft Ecosystem Summit will show that from 8 to 11 november in Taipei. The ClickPad is connected through a new interface provided by Synaptics InterTouch is called. This was according to the manufacturer is necessary because the usual ps/2 interface is not enough for touchpads that have more than four fingers can register. The new ClickPad can simultaneously ten fingers register.
In the video you will see that the touchpad is used as a replacement of a touchscreen; users can icons to click through to see where these are on the screen and then the touchpad at the same position to hit. Because of this method, the touch pad can also be used to the new gestures in Windows 8 to use, like the calls of a menu from the right side to drag.