Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-23 Thread Charlotte Curtis
I've actually got a "real" job now for the summer, so I am no longer considering this for a Summer of Code project. That said, I'd like to work on it on my own time, so maybe I will write up a spec. Do you guys think someone else might be interested in it for SoC? Thanks, Charlotte -- Ubuntu-

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-23 Thread Matthias Klose
Charlotte Curtis schrieb: > I have used onboard, and it seems to work quite well. In addition to the > features you have mentioned (popping up as necessary and word prediction) I > can think of a few other additions, such as a number pad, additional > language/keyboard configurations, and maybe sh

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-22 Thread Francesco Fumanti
Hello, >I have used onboard, and it seems to work quite well. In addition >to the features you have mentioned (popping up as necessary and word >prediction) I can think of a few other additions, such as a number >pad, additional language/keyboard configurations, and maybe shortcut >keys for c

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-22 Thread Charlotte Curtis
I have used onboard, and it seems to work quite well. In addition to the features you have mentioned (popping up as necessary and word prediction) I can think of a few other additions, such as a number pad, additional language/keyboard configurations, and maybe shortcut keys for commonly used tex

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-22 Thread Francesco Fumanti
Here are a few urls about onboard: https://launchpad.net/onboard https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Specs/SOK (sok was its original name) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=267051&highlight=onboard+login -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify se

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-22 Thread Francesco Fumanti
Hello, >Would be cool to have at least the virtual keyboard, working nicely, >and popping up when some text box etc. gets the focus. The handwriting >recognition is so complicated thing that it might be better to >concentrate on the virtual keyboard, which is pretty much lacking >currently. Actual

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-22 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Am Mittwoch, den 21.03.2007, 20:43 -0700 schrieb Corey Burger: > On 3/21/07, Charlotte Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Corey forwarded my previous message about a Tablet PC related project for > > Summer of Code (thanks Corey), but I thought I would try to rephrase my > > requ

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-22 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hi, On 3/22/07, Corey Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As an observer from the previous two SoC's, I can say the biggest > problem is students biting off more than they can chew. One of the > biggest issues with tablets is that GNOME often barfs on the screen > rotation, primarily the panel

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-21 Thread Corey Burger
On 3/21/07, Charlotte Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Corey forwarded my previous message about a Tablet PC related project for > Summer of Code (thanks Corey), but I thought I would try to rephrase my > request a little more clearly: > > 1) Are there many people who actually use Ta

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-21 Thread Karoliina Salminen
Hi, On 3/21/07, Charlotte Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Corey forwarded my previous message about a Tablet PC related project for > Summer of Code (thanks Corey), but I thought I would try to rephrase my > request a little more clearly: > > 1) Are there many people who actually use Tablet PC

Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code

2007-03-19 Thread Corey Burger
On 3/19/07, Charlotte Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm interested in submitting a proposal for Ubuntu through Google's summer > of code. Basically, I'd like to make Ubuntu better for Tablet PC use, and I > thought I'd see if anyone has any comments on the idea. There aren'