On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Alberto Mardegan <alberto.marde...@canonical.com> wrote: > On 14/01/2016 14:34, Jouni Helminen wrote: >> I think the slightly increased affordance that accommodates both touch >> and mouse is better, most of the time, than the possible confusion and >> added complexity of visual changes between form factors. > > Maybe, but you are looking at the best case, where no UI change is > needed. While indeed every app should aim at that, sometimes it's just > unfeasible: > >> There are some applications (3d modeling, photoshop etc) where you need >> every mm of space because there is a lot going on - but it's unlikely >> you would run those on a small screen, so they will probably stay >> desktop only, and use pointer optimised UI toolkits. > > Right, then suppose you are using such an application on your > convertible laptop. At a certain point you fold the laptop screen and > what you have now in your hands is essentially a tablet. What should the > application do? > > As an app developer, what I would try to do is switch to a > touch-optimized UI, where the application is still usable, just with > wider controls and touch gestures (which I wouldn't use in desktop mode, > as that would make people there less productive). > What I'm arguing for, is that applications need to receive a hint that > the device is now in tablet mode.
In that specific case, wouldn’t it be enough to know that there is an active tocuh screen and no active keyboard/mouse (assuming the device deactivates the keyboard and mouse when the laptop is folded)? -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
