Can it understand the difference between a thumb and a regular finger? Else it's just a one finger swipe (which makes sense as well. Drag down for notifications, drag right for launcher).
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> wrote: > A quick note on the thumb keyboard. It's an awesome idea, but on a > widescreen (16:9/16:10) tablet, the keyboard is workable in portrait > orientation. The thumb keyboard is much more useful on the iPad, which uses > a 4:3 screen ratio, and has a much wider portrait keyboard. > On Jan 30, 2012 3:03 AM, "Markus Burrer" <m...@embedit.de> wrote: > >> I think, it's more "natural" to swipe with the thumb because normally >> you hold the tablet with both hands, thumbs on top. You just need to move >> your thumb to launch or switch apps. Thats what I don't like at Android. >> You need a lot of actions to switch between apps. >> >> With the four finger tap you need to let loose the tablet with one hand >> to make the gesture or the tap. With the "left thumb swipe" you don't. I'm >> holding my tablet right now and try the four finger gesture and it feels >> uncomfortable. Or is there a "swipe with the thumb patent" somewhere so you >> can't use it? >> >> Also the screen keyboard should have a "thumb mode" like the MultiLing >> Keyboard from Android because even on a 7 inch Tablet with big hands like >> mine it is uncomfortable to type with the standard Android keyboard. >> >> >> http://macoymejia.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/wpid-cap201107121734.jpg?w=549 >> >> http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab307/mobilesat/android/ThumbKeyboard.jpg >> >> With the "left thumb reveal" and a thumb keyboard you can launch >> applications from the launcher or switch between them without the need to >> let loose the tablet. You also can open the Dash and type to search with >> both hands on the device. Especially with bigger and heavier devices (10 >> inch Atom Tablets) this would be an important convenience >> >> Hope you understand what I mean, my english is worst >> >> Markus >> >> >> Am 30.01.2012 09:51, schrieb Mitchell Reese: >> >> A lot of this is already implemented in the multi-touch gesture stack >> built on top of Ubuntu. I.e., a four finger tap opens the dash, while a >> four finger swipe unhides the launcher (or dock, depending on what you call >> it), etc. From what I've read, it shouldn't be too hard to remap these if >> your preferences are different. The main thing we need is a multitouch >> device we can actually *install* Ubuntu on natively that supports >> multitouch at this level. >> >> Plasma Active looks really interesting, as does the Mali graphics core. >> I'm interested to see where it goes. For myself, I love the 7 inch tablet >> form factor. >> >> On 30/01/12 19:19, Markus Burrer wrote: >> >> I think, the easiest way to reveal the launcher on a tablet would be a >> gesture like at the dolphin browser for Android to open the bookmarks. >> >> Just wipe right from the left border. The launcher should stay open. >> Wipe left to hide. Wipe up and down to scroll and tap to open the Dash >> or run an application. >> >> Markus >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet >> Post to : ubuntu-tablet@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > Post to : ubuntu-tablet@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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