If you have a Wndows laptop, if its XP, Vista or 7. If you have tried to do two finger scrolling then you have probably discovered that multitouch gestures on a Windows trackpad sucks limon. In Windows 8, gestures have not only improved but they have added a few of new ones.
I have not yet upgraded to Windows 8 but plan to by the end of the year as I learn more about it. My idea is to adjust to Windows 8 before I get it, so I won't have to worry about the learning curve. And also to learn of the new Interface improvements of navigating though the operating system.
Learning these I find helps adjust to the new Metro Start Menu, multitasking, and others new features in Windows 8.
You can use the picture above as a guide but I will explain a few enhancements. If you are in your desktop or elsewhere on the computer swipe up on the trackpad with four fingers. On the left edge of the trackpad swipe to the right and that will bring you to the last place you were on you computer. If you continue to do this it will flip through all of your previous places.
There is more edge swiping which takes place on the top and the right of the trackpad. These will bring up small menus in the edge called Charms Bar.
I find theses to be nice improvements to the OS. Although the trackpad scrolling has become very smooth compared to previous Windows OS, it could still use some improvement.
By the way if you are running a older version of Windows on your laptop, there is a program that improves the responsiveness and smoothness of the trackpad. The name of the program is called Two Finger Scroll.
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