[DUG] Another reason for Delphi to move to MultiPlatforms

[Jolyon Smith]

> The UI layer may need to be specific to the supported platform, but
> hopefully the business logic will be portable.

Yep, which is why I think a single-source cross platform *V*CLX is a
pipe-dream.

I would be more excited about x-platform Delphi if Embarcadero were being
(to my mind) more realistic and providing platform specific *visual*
component libraries, built on top of a common non-visual framework, rather
than a one-size-fits-all curates egg.


> I purchased one of the Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch devices on the
> weekend.

aiui the Bamboo's don't support the Windows 7 multi-touch interfaces.

Delphi's gesture engine *should* still work as the Bamboo pad tracking
should be simply mapping onto regular mouse messages, but you won't be able
to recognize multi-touch gestures, even on Win 7, as I believe these are
handled by the Bamboo driver before they reach the OS.