FingerWorks iGesture Pad (2005) (uk.pcmag.com)

(PC Mag gave this device 3 stars out of 5 in 2005. Later that year, Apple quietly acquired FingerWorks and the technology driving the iGesture Pad became Multitouch on the iPhone)

Was multitouch the signature feature here? We had trackpads on laptops by the mid-90s

I always wondered how much of apple’s touch input/GestureRecognizer and related ideas came out of this acquisition. CoreAnimation and input have kept me on iOS. I hope the computer history museum can get an oral history from the people who worked on these one day.

Great piece of tech lore

Is this article appearing today to prime us for the introduction of the touchscreen MacBook on the 28th of October?

The multitouch trackpad which Apple clearly got from this company is one of the main things that keeps me as a mac user. Just nothing quite like it.

I used these for years and really enjoyed the typing experience. Fond memories of pinching to paste without having to reach down to the trackpad.