Re: interesting red flag ui
I have a few ideas for a launcher, instead of a Start menu, have a launcher application. Imagine a cylinder you can rotate left and right, it would show 3 icons highlighted vertically and you would see other icons around the cylinder, it would be 3D of course.You can also move thumb up and down to change position along the cylinder. Ok it's a bit gimmicky but you wouldn't need to move your finger around the screen so much as the current system with scrollbars etc. Iit would show off the 3d capability of the chip in the consumer version. We have enough resolution to make it smooth. Please feel free to post your fancy ideas in the wiki: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/UI_Improvements ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: interesting red flag ui
Yet another poor iPhone-lookalike. *gape* Sorry, but can't see the clones and the original anymore. Concerning your question: rotating the screen is no problem at all since the OM kdrive has xrandr support (xrandr -o 1), but imho the screen is still physically too small to allow writing with your fingers on a standard on screen keyboard. I had another idea, maybe I will be able to show a nice gui in edje in some days (without backend then) - at moment I just have a prototype in Etk that seems to be a working concept for thumb-based input, and you can write while holding the device in one hand ( http://gstaedtner.net/enter.ogg ). If someone wants the code for trying (just frontend and 4-lines-C-printf-backend), feel free to mail me - but don't expect anything. :) 2007/8/3, Brad Midgley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey Red flag is showing off some very inviting touch menus. The page demonstrates them on an asus r2h which also has a gps. http://apcmag.com/5896/gallery_intels_new_mobile_internet_device_with_red_flag_linux it is intriguing but does bring up some questions... can neo pull off a touch keyboard (maybe if the screen could rotate?) are they using a hardware button to make the system menu across the bottom appear/disappear? if they're going to fill 1/5 of the screen with menu buttons, why not take it all while in menu mode? do they have apps that share space with the minimal menu? brad ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: interesting red flag ui
Thomas Yet another poor iPhone-lookalike. *gape* Sorry, but can't see the clones and the original anymore. If someone has put together a decent scheme for a UI with only a touchscreen, it should serve as inspiration, not repulsion. (Multitouch is irrelevant here--we can have an excellent, well-engineered UI without it) Concerning your question: rotating the screen is no problem at all since the OM kdrive has xrandr support (xrandr -o 1), but imho the screen is still physically too small to allow writing with your fingers on a standard on screen keyboard. I tried it and was surprised that it mostly works. The brushed-metal background needs to be made wider so it doesn't tile and some apps need tuning. It's even more obvious the split list-on-top-details-on-bottom idea is not going to work. http://www.xmission.com/~bmidgley/contacts-kbd-rotated.jpg I think a simplified keyboard would just barely fit. The INdT guys have played around with a correctable edje keyboard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrWpUBTDDr0 I've heard dasher is good once you practice but I've tried and I don't have the patience. I had another idea, maybe I will be able to show a nice gui in edje that would be great Brad ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
