A Computer of the Future
Sometimes good web design is governed by the computer that people will be able to access the website on. For example, if you’re not websites today that are capable of being viewed on PDAs and mobile phones as well as on widescreen computer monitors you’re a bit behind the times.
But what about the future?
Well the future could be in Milan … no, not Milan in Italy but the tabletop computer code-named Milan that Microsoft is about to launch tomorrow. Milan is controlled entirely by touch - there’s no keyboard and there’s no mouse.
Even Microsoft admits that the first version of Milan - priced at around $US10k - is not going to make it into many homes but Microsoft suggests that Milan is only three or four years away from reaching a price level that will be within reach of most consumers.
So what does a website need to look like to be functional on a tabletop computer?