Hi, How about using QML and MultiPointTouchArea as a starting point to get the touch data? Probably you are more interested in Qt...
Seppo 2014-04-16 9:58 GMT+03:00 Vivia Nikolaidou <n.vi...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, and thanks a lot for your replies! > > We did investigate the patents before deciding to start the project > and they do indeed seem to be US-only. So, as long as Jolla isn't even > available in the US, everything should be fine. > > On the other hand, just to be on the safe side, we thought about > leaving it in "beta-proof-of-concept" stage, or at least labelling it > as such, and not promoting it (word of mouth should be enough to make > it reach the devices of those who really want it). After all, patents > only apply for things like sales and exporting, not for "academic > purposes". If someone with access to a patent lawyer would like to > investigate things and help it turn into a real project, this help > would be more than welcome, but unfortunately we don't have such > resources. > > As for github/gitorious, we'll gladly share it when there's something > worthwhile, but without being able to get actual raw data from a > finger drawing a curve, there's not much coding that can be done. So > we'd really appreciate it if someone could give us a hint. :) > > Thanks again, > > Vivia > > On 15 April 2014 22:38, <dadi...@gmx.net> wrote: > > But how does it work for the other swype like keyboards available for > android? > > > > I can't see any differences to the original one. > > > > Am Tue Apr 15 2014 20:49:46 GMT+0200 (CEST) schrieb Michael Doube: > >> On 15/04/14 19:39, Martin Kolman wrote: > >> >> A quick look at the bottom of the Wikipedia entry for Swype confirms > >> >> my suspicion... (2 US patents). :-( > >> > Well, they look like to be US patents - so considering the Jolla is > not > >> > even sold in the USA & it would be an external application anyway, I > >> > don't really see any issue. > >> > >> Well, I wouldn't want the Jolla team to find themselves in hot water for > >> distributing unlicensed functionality on the Harbour site. Nor the > >> external application developer for implementing and publishing it, maybe > >> even for a fee. Since Swype made a US patent, and their product is > >> distributed worldwide, I would expect to find some European patents too > >> (not being listed on Wikipedia is not authoritative evidence of > >> non-existence). Anyway, this is non-expert handwaving. If there is a > >> legal way to get something Swype-like on the Jolla, it would be great. > >> > >> Michael > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > >> > > > > -- > > Gesendet von meinem Jolla > > _______________________________________________ > > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >
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