Wait, you want to *encourage* people to put their tablets face-down? In the absence of some kind of protective cover, that is disastrous!
On 31 March 2012 01:17, Henri Sundelin <henri.sunde...@iki.fi> wrote: > Yes, I agree on that, it is much easier to imagine such gestures with the > phone. Nokia's only current Linux phone, the N9 does that silencing stuff > as well. > > For tablet, for example switching virtual screen by tapping the tablet > sides is kinda fun. I could also imagine if I'd but it face down on a table > it could go to sleep. > > Thing I'm most concerned is the rude fact that this _must be fixed in the > kernel, current situation is that you have to do device detection in user > space, and attach to wildly different api:s. The nice ones have human > readable stuff over sysfs, others are binary..... So this has to be > rationalized. > > Other fact is that "phone people" are the ones with the dough, at least > for the moment. That might create some pull. > > //HS > > > > On 30 Mar 2012, at 22:34, Ian Santopietro wrote: > > > Some of this would be arguably more useful on Ubuntu Phone; some > > Android phones have the option to silence the audio when they're put > > down face down (I know HTC do, and I remember having a Motorola that > > did as well). > > > > There's a got lot of potential for these too, like muting the ringer > > while it's sounding if you nudge the phone. Activating the camera > > flash when shaken at the lock screen to act as a flashlight. That sort > > of thing. But a lot of these have more use on a phone rather than a > > tablet. I'm not saying they couldn't still function normally on a > > tablet, it's just I don't see it ringing often, if you know what I > > mean. > > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:04, Henri Sundelin <henri.sunde...@iki.fi> > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> You might know the iPad has "shake-to-undo" gesture. I've been thinking > that we should be able do at least similar, maybe lots better! > >> > >> We could have many kinds of gestures based on movement & position: > >> - shaking > >> - pick device up > >> - putting it down > >> - putting it down face down > >> - nudging from sides > >> - and lots more.. > >> > >> I think this might have a good potential on enhancing the user > experience, if it would be properly integrated to Unity etc. > >> > >> I did some quick checking, there is some academic research on the > subject, and I believe this could catch on quickly if done properly and > generally enough. I thing the research activities could be a good starting > point to generalize the API and have a good library, maybe someway related > to uTouch stuff. > >> > >> There is however a big technical challenge on Linux kernel side. There > is none whatsoever standardized interface to > accelerometers/gyros/magnetometers etc. All the drivers are all around the > kernel, some in hwmon stuff, some in someplace else. It probably needs a > new input device -like category. This means lots of work, but IMHO it has > to be done in any case sooner or later. > >> > >> This topic is kinda multi-disciplinary - at least tablets & other > mobile devices (Ubuntu phone, anyone?). Maybe table/mobile side could be a > driver for this kind of activity. But please forward to who/wherever this > may concern! > >> > >> //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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Ian Santopietro > > > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast > > Ofer middangeard monnum sended" > > > > Pa gur yv y porthaur? > > > > Public GPG key (RSA): > > > http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234 > > > -- > 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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