On 03/20/2012 05:52 PM, Henri Sundelin wrote: > [As suggested, reposted this unity-design->unity-tablet] > > Hello everybody, > > I just joined on this list - seems the right place to be as I started > my tablet usability hacking (or should this be posted somewhere > else?).. I got myself a new Samsung Series 7 Slate, and I've been > evaluating latest Precise on it. Works somewhat, lots of more work > required though. We'll see.. > > So, this device gave me some ideas on how different tablet style input > devices like touchscreens, pens etc, should be handled - currently > everything is always "on", which means you cannot use the pen if you > want to lay your hand on the multitouch screen like you do when > drawing on paper. > > I think we could be more intelligent, and at least let the user easily > choose. > > I made a quick'n'dirty test on this, so there would be a indicator > icon on the toolbar, and some backend logic which dynamically turns > off the touchscreen when the pen is present. It seems very usable, now > you can actually draw with the pen. You can check it out @ my blog: > http://henris42.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/touchscreen-pen/ > > What do you think - should this kind of functionality be part of Unity? > > Cheers, > //HS > > > > > >
Henri Thank you, this is quite interesting, I asked one of our uTouch guys to comment further. Pat
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