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What's New for Developers in TouchSmart 4

Canvas 

The canvas area or the desktop area is commonly referred to as the “SmartCenter” and represents the foundation of the TouchSmart experience.  TouchSmart 4.0 runs as a full screen application, like all previous versions of TouchSmart.  Applications hosted within TouchSmart are displayed on the canvas.

Please note that this effectively changes the sandbox that your application is contained by.  Some applications may have display issues if they weren't built to resize dynamically, or to handle the sizes that are now possible.

Smartlets

Smartlets are new to 4.0 and allow users to drag different content “out” of your application and place it on the canvas.

 

You can now have content from your application 'pinned' to the canvas, providing yet another way to interact with your application.

Alerts

The alert system has been enhanced in TouchSmart 4.0 to include three different priority states.  In addition, more than one alert can be presented to a user on screen simultaneously.

The enhanced alerting mechanism allows you to better integrate your messaging into the TouchSmart shell.

Multi-Tasking

Applications are now run as needed, and not all at once on startup.  This greatly speeds up startup time and available resources within SmartCenter.

The user can also close applications without exiting the shell as needed in order to free up desktop space, clutter, and resources.

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September 30, 2010 10:29 PM

howdo i download this update to my touchsmart ?

October 2, 2010 4:26 PM

YES, how the heck do I upgrade my HP touchscreen to 4.0? I can't find the download anywhere...And does it finally really support multi-touch properly like the iPad does?

View unverified member's comment - posted by Alexxvee

October 4, 2010 11:21 AM

If you have a 300 or 600 series TouchSmart PC, you should be able to find the software update on the software updates page for your particular model on www.hp.com/#Support

October 9, 2010 2:25 AM

No at least I can not find it? I dont think its out yet...

October 10, 2010 12:52 AM

When is this software out???

no info from hp??

January 20, 2011 8:36 PM

Its out now. try this direct link to the HP support http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02641554&tmp_task=setupC...

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