[LAD] detention :)

[Jörn Nettingsmeier]

On 07/28/2010 02:04 PM, Dominic Sacré wrote:
> 2010/7/28 Jörn Nettingsmeier<nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de>:
>> On 07/27/2010 10:45 PM, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
>>> Real detents require force feedback. A mouse doesn't
>>> provide that. This GTK thing is completely broken.
>>
>> i wonder how you'd do it on a computer touchpad? little electric shocks,
>> maybe?
>
> Something like that, probably. This seems interesting:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXITjLurof0
>
> But I won't believe that it works as well as they claim until I've
> tried it with my own fingertips...

simulating wood, stone or metal surfaces? well, if they can really do 
it, that surely has some potential. but also opens a million ways to 
annoy the user...