![]() ![]() There must have been enough outcry from people using apps that use the private framework, (BetterTouchTool, JiTouch, and MagicPrefs to name a few) that Apple decided to reverse their decision and again allow the framework to be used. This came to a head when Apple decided to disallow public usage of the framework entirely in a macOS 10.13.2 beta build. The biggest is that Apple doesn’t guarantee that we will have access to it. There’s definitely some major downsides to using this private framework though. The crazy thing is that the 3rd party developers had figured out how to obtain the multi-touch data without Apple’s help, by reverse engineering an interface to the private multi-touch framework in OSX. The earliest example of this is MultiClutch, which came out less than two months after that Steve jobs introduction. Despite Apple not providing much at first for allowing 3rd party developers to interface with multi-touch devices, almost immediately developers were finding ways to grab multi-touch input data and build out apps with custom gestures and more. Swiping, pinching, and rotating were ported over from the iPhone, and it actually felt natural on these trackpads and on the Mac. ![]() ![]() Turns out that the multi-touch trackpad on it was pretty awesome, especially when compared to all other trackpads at the time. Steve Jobs introduces the original MacBook Air that touts a “very generous trackpad” with “Multi-touch” gesture support. Let’s rewind to MacWorld SF in 2008, the year after Apple introduced the iPhone. Touching Apple’s Private Multitouch Framework ![]()
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