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Article #292395Re: Starcraft on a Laptop Tablet
From: Luc The Perverse
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:37
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:37
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"Isaac" <IsaacG...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1183904959.058303.214100@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 8, 6:47 am, Kocureq <a....@w.stopce.pl> wrote: >> Isaac pisze: >> >> > I was buying it for graphic art reasons, but im wondering if starcraft >> > on a touch screen might be better than a mouse. Ur thoughts? >> >> I tried playing Red Alert on Tablet PC using pen as a pointer and it >> wasn't that good. If you don't have external keyboard then scrolling the >> map is really annoying, right-clicking the pen isn't as fast as when >> using mouse, generally it's slower than using mouse. Nice to play with, >> but not for serious play. >> >> -- >> /\ /\ [ Jakub 'Kocureq' Anderwald ] /\ /\ >> =^;^= [ [nick][at][nick].com ] =^;^= >> / | [ GG# 1365999 ICQ# 31547220 ] | \ >> (___(|_|_| [ koc...@jabber.org ] |_|_|)___) > > did you try just using your fingers or just the pen. I'm not familiar > with command an conquer, but it would seem that it could be faster if > you kept one hand near the min map and used your fingers to click/box > units and click commands. I have never used a tablet PC - but if right clicking is delayed then it will screw you up. You will need one hand on the keyboard, one hand on the "pointer device" - so if you can't right click with the hand holding the pen then you will be totally screwed. -- LTP :)
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