Hi Ben, Didn't Brett report some success with using the HippoRemote app? I know that's an iPhone app, but you could use it on the iPad. This is from memory, and was posted in the years before this list was archived at the Mail Archive site, so you'll have to search for the reference the hard way, or maybe Brett can comment in response to your question.
HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 17, 6:36 pm, Ben Mustill-Rose <b...@benmr.com> wrote: > Hey all, > > I was wondering if anyone has ever played with any of the apps that > let you use an iPad as a trackpad for your computer? The idea here > isn't to be able to control your computer remotely in the way that > apps like vnc or log me in would do, more to give you a different > input method than using the keyboard all of the time. > I've played about with the mouse on my computer and I've got better at > using it, but totally blind mouse users face some issues - mainly that > it's sometimes hard to tell where the cursor is - E.G. top left of the > screen and that it takes practice to move the mouse when you've run > out of space on your mousemat. An iPad app should solve both of these > issues; you'll be able to learn where things are on the screen because > you're using a screen to control the cursor and moving your hand is as > simple as lifting your finger and moving it to the left of the screen > for example. > > I've tested some free & cheap apps - remote mouse, touch mouse and > mobile mouse but these all have issues: > > A noticeable amount of the screen contains buttons. The ideal app > should dedicate the entire screen to the touchpad functionality so > that you don't inadvertently open a new window when vo is turned off; > obviously this is a blind requirement so it's understandable that not > every app does this. > Strangely, most apps use buttons to control left click, right click > etc. This isn't ideal as vo needs to be off to use the surface, but > idealy it needs to be on in order to press the buttons. In addition, > some apps don't even have a surface for direct mouse control and have > chosen to use buttons that incrament the cursor in a given direction > every time the button is pressed. > > Has anyone found an app that doesn't have the above issues? If not, is > anyone else as interested in this as I am that they would like to test > the different available apps? The idea here would be that the work of > finding the best app could be split up between different people so > that we could find a solution as quickly as possible. > > Cheers, > Ben. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
