The mouse came with the popularity of the PC and was one of the reasons for any "simple individual" can handle easily the computer back in 1995. Before he had to make things as difficult as typing "cd wordpress" on the keyboard to access a directory. But now you could double click on a folder.

This great revolution which in turn caused the peripheral (and just as my parents are about to understand the diferncia between a right click and left click) is about to disappear to be replaced by the multitouch.

While Apple always stood out to offer its users friendly interfaces (such as when he created the one-button mouse) managed to bring their screens millions of users with unprecedented multi-touchscreen mobile phone: the iPhone.

The Touchscreen already existed

It transcends memory, many years before the release of the iPhone in 2007 and existed touch screens and were recognized product Palm. The PDA never succeeded. Perhaps because they were imitating the click of a mouse but with a plastic tipped pen that put pressure on the screen (the stylus). And like a cursor, you are only in one place at once.

I remember seeing pictures of the launch of the iPhone on the internet and think "but who wants to touch the screen with your hands?". I was crazy. Is that for decades we have been accustomed to pushing buttons (like Desmond on Lost: "Push the button!"). Cell phones were all with numeric keypad and some offered full QWERTY keyboards (and tiny useless).

So ... how to break the old paradigm of push buttons to dial a phone number? At that time there was a Palm touchscreen model mobile phone which was also and had very few sales. What is the difference besides the iPhone was much more fashion?

The difference is the Multitouch. And the technology that brought.

Without going into too much detail I'll try to explain the difference between multitouch system introduced by Apple with its iPhone and the touchscreen system "classic" (which are more like a click). The multitouch screen is a continuous flow of electricity over the entire visual area where the finger is stopped posing. And that disruption is reflected in the device as a "touch". It has the ability to interrupt that flow curtain simultaneously (using multiple fingers at once) getting the multitouch. No need to put pressure on the screen. REPEAT: no need to put pressure on the screen!. This new system dispensed with the use of plastic pencils or other items. With the fingers of the hand, so easy.

We must say q ue iPhone with multitouch was accompanied by an operating system for you. The best example to adopt this technology is to manipulate photos with your hands. When you open a photo and you zoom with two fingers is a completely natural experience. You do not have to click a magnifying glass, or a "plus" or type "200%". You move your thumb and forefinger. It's simple intuitive is incredible. NEXT Skip to the photo by dragging your finger or zoom back to the original with a "double tap" (two consecutive touch). Same for manipulating maps, draw or play Field Runner.

Once you start using the multitouch and no turning back. You do not want to use more of the mouse. I find this ridiculous, outdated past. Why move a plastic gizmo when I could touch the screen to select what you want?.

Goodbye to the mouse, throw it away.

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For a full explanation of the multitouch system, visit this link (in English)