Mirabyte FrontFace is a custom user interface designed to make tablets running Windows XP or Windows 7 a bit more touch-friendly. It includes a custom program launcher and icons allowing you to flip between running applications without pulling up a keyboard and pressing Alt+Tab. The latest version also includes a widget engine and a few […]
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Mirabyte updates its FrontFace touchscreen UI for Windows tablets
Mirabyte FrontFace is a touch friendly replacement for the default Windows shell that attempts to make Windows XP, Vista, and 7 easier to navigate on a touchscreen tablet style computer. I took an early build for a test drive this summer, and the software was still obviously a work in progress. For instance, while there […]
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Mirabyte FrontFace touchscreen UI for Windows now available for preview
While Microsoft has taken steps to make Windows 7 a bit more touch-friendly than earlier versions of the operating system, it still relies on tiny toolbars and other elements that were clearly designed for a mouse and keyboard rather than a fingertip. Mirabyte’s FrontFace user interface is designed to replace the default Windows shell with […]
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Mirabyte FrontFace: Touch-friendly user interface for Windows tablets
While Microsoft has been offering versions of Windows with optimizations for touchscreen displays ever since Windows XP Tablet edition, the truth is that the whole start menu, taskbar, and itty bitty close/minimize/maximize buttons in Windows weren’t really designed for touch input. But there are a number of companies coming up with software designed to run […]