Apple patents multitouch gestures

I sense there'd be a bit of a learning curve with all of those gestures, haha...

My hand cramped just reading that diagram

This looks really interesting. Sure it will take some time to get used to but after you get the hang of it I'm sure it's way faster than a mouse/keyboard or a normal touchscreen without these features.

It would be in the user's best interest, but it would also be in Apple's best interest to charge every manufacturer for the same gestures based on the patent. Not saying they should just that that's what they are thinking.

What's very odd to me is how does a piece of technology know the difference between the index finger and the middle finger? Several of these gestures are dependent on a specific finger, not just a 1-2-3-4 finger gesture. for example the middle button/right button gestures are exactly the same except for the fingers chosen. The screen currently just detects touch specifically. There's another area in which this shouldn't be patentable if they don't actually have the device that can do these gestures.

This is lame. Hey Apple: patent this! [makes jerking off gesture]

Why would you want to patent something like that? Wouldn't it be in the users interest that the copy paste command etc. is the same on every touch screen device no matter the manufacturer?

I'm so sick of these stupid patents being awarded. That is not an invention! How are you going to patent the way someone moves their fingers on a screen? Are you serious PTO? So glad I left in protest of stupidity.

That is too confusing.