Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Dylan McCall
Haha! Here I am using shift religiously, at the same time saying that people don't usually press two keys at once. Fantastic. Okay, I see your point. The iPhone's touch screen is also definitely very responsive; something about it feels really good compared to the usual touch screen. Such a scree

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Bryce Leo
Yes, but you're also ignoring that capacitive touch screens are more durable and longer lasting than resistive touch screens. And I don't know if you've ever used an iPhone, but i had no problems using the multi-touch freatures one handed or with two thumbs or a thumb and index finger. Try it for

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Giles Jones
On 15 Jul 2007, at 17:29, Dylan McCall wrote: Just about the only application for multitouch for a phone like this is the keyboard, and even that seems a bit odd to me since people don't usually press two keys at once. Am I missing something, like a tendency to have one's fingers on a key

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Dylan McCall
In my opinion, multitouch on a phone is rather pointless unless that phone's screen is big. To do it, you need to either touch the screen with two fingers at once (which is very uncomfortable if you want any kind of control), or you need both hands oriented to touch the screen (which is uncomforta

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Simon
Well I don't know what so cool about multi-touch screen on a phone unless for scaling images and webpages. So maybe just implementing a gesture to do that function, no need for a full blown implementation of a multi-touch support. unless i'm not getting something... I'm not sure if it is related

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Mohammed Musallam
al Message From: Sander van Grieken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: community@lists.openmoko.org Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 4:30:32 AM Subject: Re: X Server MultiTouch Support On Saturday 14 July 2007 21:47:28 Brandon Kruse wrote: > I agree Joshua. > > Have seen this vid awhile back, it w

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Sander van Grieken
On Saturday 14 July 2007 21:47:28 Brandon Kruse wrote: > I agree Joshua. > > Have seen this vid awhile back, it would be great. We all the onscreen > keyboard wont be so great with single touch, its just a fact. > > > Something like this would change everything, and, as mentioned in the > article,

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-14 Thread Brandon Kruse
I agree Joshua. Have seen this vid awhile back, it would be great. We all the onscreen keyboard wont be so great with single touch, its just a fact. Something like this would change everything, and, as mentioned in the article, would make it so that you could use compiz also? A cube on your ph

X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-14 Thread Joshua Hansen
Some other people have already added MultiTouch support to X Server. All that would be needed would be a screen capable of recognizing this. http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/4072/microsoft_surface_watch -- ~ All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~