We’ve discovered a little gem in the iOS 4.3 beta: Four-finger and five-finger multitouch gesture support for the iPad. Here’s how it looks in action.
Each of the new gestures can be done with either four or five fingers – your choice – and they all work smoothly. A pinch brings you to the Home Screen, a swipe up or down reveals and hides the multitasking bar, and swipes left or right allow you to switch between apps.
All the gestures feel natural – particularly the Home Screen pinch – and at no point during my testing did I feel like I would accidentally trigger one of them.
Sean
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 10:59 AMLove it! Want this update now!! This plus the personal wifi for my i4 will be heaven :)
Damo
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 1:37 PMx 2. yay!
thedropkick
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 1:05 PMRIP Home button on iPad 2
@geekscape
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 8:13 PMIt’s nice that these gestures are somewhat compatible with the Mac OS X trackpad, where a four fingered downward swipe exposes all applications … and a four fingered horizontal swipe reveals the application chooser
Flashbad
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 11:19 PMWould be good if I could actually view this video on my iPad!