On December 9, 1968, Douglas Engelbart rocked the computing world with
The Mother of All Demos.
One of the many advancements Engelbart discussed was the creation of a
simple, intuitive pointing device that would allow you to manipulate a
cursor on a screen with the movement of your hand. The world met
the mouse.
Before
the mouse, the primary way to interact with a computer was to type a
command, wait for a response, and type a second command. The ability to
coordinate between the movement of a marker on the screen and a flick of
the wrist was truly revolutionary, and has transformed the way we
interface with our machines today.
However, for decades, the full
power of the mouse has been limited. While we’ve been mousing away with
one hand, our other hand has often been idle. As information has moved
faster and faster, our mousing capacity has stayed the same.
On the Chrome team, we’ve been working to address this problem. Today, we’d like to announce a new way to get twice as much web from your browser. We call it
Multitask Mode.
Multitask Mode lets you have access to multiple mice at the same time,
so you can make a chess move while you watch a dance move, or draw a
horse while you draw on a friend for relationship advice.
Chrome
can handle as many mice, touchpads, styli, joysticks, trackballs, and
other pointing devices as you can plug into your computer, so you and
your friends can browse dozens of sites at the same time.
Try it out and let us know what you think!
Posted by Glen Murphy, Designer and Stylus Stylist