Review of linux distros installed on tablet http://habrahabr.ru/post/140918/ Sorry, but it's russian.
2012/3/28 Henri Sundelin <henri.sunde...@iki.fi> > Hi, > > I don't thing I'd be happy wearing such contraption on my hand while > drawing..:D > > I think also we should be able to support all types on pens and multitouch > displays. However in technical, and in sometimes use-case point of view, > Wacom (and other "real" pen input devices) are specifically meant for > drawing and should be supported as such. > > It would definitely be nice is we could actively recognize a stylus on > multitouch, but I'd be worried that it might never actually work correctly. > Getting the touch area size would be good, but such feature might not be > available in all multitouch technologies. > > In order to have this functionality working properly for all applications > would in my opinion call for some sort of framework level support (a > library with nice API). This could include some heuristics for stylus on > multitouch. > > > We definitely should collect use cases, user stories & requirements on > this and in "tablet-ubuntu" as whole. Is there currently any such activity > ongoing? > > Cheers, > //HS > > On 26 Mar 2012, at 12:20, Christian Giordano wrote: > > HI Henri, I think this is an interesting discussion because pens on > tablet, regardless what Apple says, are very hot at the moment: > > <Google ChromeScreenSnapz017.png> > > > A problem currently presence in drawing applications is the detection of > the hand touch when you are using one of these pens. To solve this problem, > with graphical tablet, it was recommended one of these gloves: > > [image: Inline image 2] > > Some applications are reducing dramatically the problem through algorithms > but, if you think that on iOS information like finger size wan't available > (not sure 100% if still isn't), this was indeed very challenging. > > I don't know the Samsung Serie 7 Slate pen, but I guess we should support > any kind of pen. Even the ones who simply emulate the finger. In this case > information like finger size, if available from the hardware, could be used > to differentiate a pen from a finger and maybe the drawing application can > let the user choose the input (to avoid the hand touch issue). Not sure we > should support a pen detection everywhere in the system. > > It would be good to have some use cases. > > > Cheers, chr > > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Henri Sundelin <henri.sunde...@iki.fi>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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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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