a stylus is a another thing to loose... I do NOT want to be Dependant on a stylus...
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5 Jun 2008, at 18:46, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > > On Thursday 05 June 2008 18:04:32 Stroller wrote: > >> On 5 Jun 2008, at 15:38, Ron K. Jeffries wrote: > >>> Can the revised case for GTA03 *please* be designed > >>> to hold a stylus? > >> > >> Nooooooo! > >> > >> Stylii are EVIL! > >> > >> If I can't operate an app with my fingers, then there's no place for > >> that app on my mobile phone! > > > > A stylus is inevitable given a certain combination of application > > type and > > physical display size. > > > > That doesn't mean that we will not write all our apps finger- > > compatible (we > > also hate stylii), > > I think what you're saying there is that 1st-party apps will be > finger-compatible, but that "ported" applications are not sure to be > optimised for finger use. > > > _but_ being an open device, we should not lock out people > > who _need_ to have lots of tiny stuff on their screen hence need to > > operate > > with a stylus. > > If the Openmoko dream is a beautiful, consistent interface that > doesn't need a stylus, then including a slot for one is kinda an > admission of defeat. > > Surely most end-users are - in the long-term future of Openmoko - > going to use mostly the preinstalled applications, or the "core > distro" and only add one or two extra applications. Sure, developers > of those additional apps are going to need stylii, as they compile > Thunderbird for ARM architecture and the buttons are really tiny, > but the aim of applications coming-on-board to Openmoko should surely > to be finger-capable. > > Including a stylus holder just allows developers to say, "oh, fingers > don't matter". > > There are a dozen "smartphones" out there that I can buy now with > tiny little touchscreens that need a stylus, but these are used only > by geeks. The majority of people buy still buy phones with a number > pad and some kind of navigating aid (a tiny wheel, or joystick nub, > or up-down-left-right arrow buttons). Why is this? Probably because > people like using their fingers to access their phone. I know this is > an old, and perhaps divisive, debate, where never the twain will > meet, but Openmoko has a great opportunity here to make a phone that > combines power with ease-of-use. Enable anyone to install extra apps > on their phone, and *anyone* to use it. A fiddly stylus just makes > the device less accessible. > > Stroller. > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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