Thanks everyone. I am afraid I cannot comment much at this time as I am as good as a noobie :(. I will get back to you guys once I make some progress.
Best, Sil On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 2:05 PM, David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:58:34 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > want. as such pressure is normally senses by radius. your finger is > > soft. the harder you press the larger the radius of your touch (up to > > a point). so i'd suggest using these first unless u literally have > > extra needs. > > That might be normal for people with really short fingernails, but a > lot of women, plus a few men, have longer fingernails, and sometimes > even strong fingernails, or fake fingernails. Guitarists sometimes > grow long strong fingernails on their string plucking hand, etc. The > point is that you cannot make assumptions about soft fingertips in a > world where a large percentage of the population will be touching with > their fingernails instead. The next person to ask me how you type with > long fingernails will get laughed at, women have had no problem doing > so for over a hundred years. > > So, for me at least, and probably for some experienced guitarists and > women, the only thing that you get from pressing harder into touch > devices is to wear them out faster. You should see the gouge marks in > my keyboards. lol > > Touch devices made for stylus use tend to be tough, your average stylus > is about as tough as my fingernails, and usually it makes no > difference. The batteries in my ancient Visor wore out before the > screen ever even started getting worn. This does not apply to graphics > tablet pens, which have some electronics in the pen that my fingernails > are lacking, but the tablets tend to be tough for the same reason. > > In summary, pressure sensitive devices are going to be pressed hard by > hard fingernails whether the designers want it or not. So they better > be designed to take it, and work well with them. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
