Onboard doesn't really work as a touchscreen keyboard, though. It should pop up automatically when you touch a text field, and disappear automatically when the focus goes elsewhere. On Feb 12, 2012 1:51 PM, "Markus Burrer" <m...@embedit.de> wrote:
> Onboard works fine with the Dash. Just watch my video from today > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3DBaRlJ2350 > > Am 12.02.2012 21:42, schrieb Mitchell Reese: > > Actually, a lot of work has been done to make unity touch friendly, but > more needs to be done. Once a keyboard works with the dash, it will be well > on it's way. > > It's worth keeping in mind that Cannonical's plans are for Unity to work > across all devices, so discussions about using gnome shell instead are > going to be counterproductive. > > Re mail clients, has anyone else had a chance to look at the current > offering from android with ICS? Really well put together in terms of design > for a tablet. I use it on a 7 inch hacked kindle fire. It's awesome. > > Apart from speed issues with lower end hardware, I wonder if thunderbird > could be a good way to go. Rather than rewriting the entire program, we > could probably use plugins to customize it. Of course, with mozillas rapid > update cycle these could potentially break, but with Cannonical's support, > it just might be possible. > > Mitchell > > Curious Mail - Sent via Linux > > Markus Burrer <m...@embedit.de> <m...@embedit.de> wrote: > > Am 12.02.2012 16:23, schrieb Chris: > > Why would the Gnome Mail not be usable on a small (smartphone) screen? I > haven't looked at it with much detail, but if they program it properly > (currently they're only designs) it shouldn't be a problem from what I've > seen. > > Right, it depends on the GUI design. The current mockups wouldn't work on > a Smartphone. > > Besides, I think the current GNOME Shell is better for tablets than Unity. > > Until now there is no work done to make Unity touch friendly. I have a 10" > tablet running Precise. Here is a first impression report (in german) > > http://blog.elektronik-projekt.de/?p=1053 > > With metta, Chris > On Feb 12, 2012 4:12 PM, "Markus Burrer" <m...@embedit.de> wrote: > >> I guess, it really would be better to create a new mail client special >> for Ubuntu. Gnome Mail looks nice, but if Unity should come also to small >> tablets like the Streak or a Smartphone Gnome Mail wouldn't work. >> >> The Client needs an interface that fits both tablet and smartphone >> >> Just my two cent >> >> Markus >> >> >> Am 11.02.2012 11:22, schrieb Nicholas Shatokhin: >> >>> I think the better choice it's a creating a new email client special for >>> Ubuntu. >>> >>> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:14:50 +0200 було написано Markus Burrer < >>> m...@embedit.de>: >>> >>> Hi, I wonder which email client shoud be used on a tablet (or even on a >>>> phone). Thunderbird is not really a good choice. I tried it yesterday, but >>>> it's awful. Or is it possible to make the surface touch friendly? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> 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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