Nice work, Loren with SearchTip. Curious though, why not target .NET 2.0? Is it because you figure most people already have 1.1?

Would be interesting if some logic was applied that would work with either 1.1 or 2.0. Yeah, this would requires switching between two different components but I suspect this would be a real issue needing tackling on widespread usage in the browser (and one I already have on the list to figure out how to tackle, actually).

This is exactly what I’ve been talking about with other .NET developers: filling what I feel is a huge drought of browser-based ink uses for tableteers. I would like to see complete websites, not just forms, converted and geared towards tablet users. Yeah, it would be clubby because only Tablet PC users (using Internet Explorer most likely) could partake, but there are over a million tableteers that would love to be able surf content that was specifically geared towards keyboard-less browsing and interactivity. Also think about accessibility issues, seriously, some disabled folks cannot type but are able to use a pen.

There is a greatly unfulfilled niche here and as Loren learned there are some definite pros and cons to putting the controls inside a webpage (no additional software to download). Hopefully other developers are on board with making more content like this. I am and will be doing some of this type development in 2006. You can pretty much guarantee it and will be hearing about it in the future. There’s my first 2006 prediction.

Let’s see more, fellow tablet devs!

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