On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 19:51:37 -0800 Jeff Hoogland <[email protected]> said:
> As a reference it looks a big awkward in those screenshots because I took > those on my 1920x1080 screen on my 17" laptop. It fits better on a > sub-10inch tablet screen. hmm tho it'd scale similarly on such a device as height is calculated from widht and landscape mode makes it... really wide! :) > I wasn't saying it was perfect by any means for a tablet - just that it was > better than the current default (which I know where designed for something > other than a tablet) > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 11:16:57 -0600 Jeff Hoogland <[email protected]> > > said: > > > > > After talking with raster last night on IRC I realized I've never > > forwarded > > > the default .kbd file I've customized with tablets in mind up stream - > > > others might find it useful. It provides a fairly basic, three row > > keyboard: > > > > > > http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-50c0d2146e3083.02166004.jpg > > > http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-50c0d2211eff02.47955663.jpg > > > > ummm gotta say... i dont think that is all that much better. those keys are > > insanely massive... you have pretty much the same keys as the default > > (almost) - > > just even bigger minus the padding. i did this before for just myself - i > > made > > the keys smaller for a 10" exopc tablet - like half the size and it worked > > well > > - basically the layouts that ship were really made for a device with a > > portrait > > 2.8" screen where on a good day u could use 2" of it for actual touches - > > so on > > a bigger screen the kbd is hopelessly bloated and big. methinks the > > solution is > > actually making the kbd "smarter" in dealing with both scaling and sizing > > - it > > needs to deal with "finger size" and maybe based on that plus some > > "padding" > > config for the kbd - choose a better layout for that screen - one that adds > > more keys for example. this would cover the portrait and landscape case AND > > cover a whole range of screen sizes (form like 2" up to 20") as long as > > enough > > layouts were given to cover the extremes and various points in between. > > finger_size will let e know how big a key must be to be hit... so we're > > talking > > elm. :) > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > > > > > > > -- > ~Jeff Hoogland <http://jeffhoogland.com/> > Thoughts on Technology <http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/>, Tech Blog > Bodhi Linux <http://bodhilinux.com/>, Enlightenment for your Desktop -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
