Where doI find Pointer Location applet?
On Aug 25, 3:34 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote:
> As far as I know, the myTouch/Sapphire screen is the same as the Dream/G1
> screen, and they both are inaccurate along the edge. You can run the
> Pointer Location applet in DevTools to see what they do -- you'll notice
> when you get close to the edge the pointer snaps to the edge. What is
> happening is that you have reached the area of the screen where it can't
> detect your position along that axis, so the driver reports a position at
> the very edge.
>
> Pointer Location can be very educational in seeing how the touch screen
> actually behaves. :)
>
> Also, except for the amout of flash, I am pretty sure the myTouch and G1 are
> identical hardware as far as the CPU, memory and memory bus, etc. goes. And
> since they are both Google Experience devices running 1.5, the system
> software should be basically the same -- the only differences are probably a
> few configuration options such as turning on sensor rotation by default, and
> probably some different pre-installed apps and media.
>
> Anyway, getting an adb bugreport from a misbehaving device can often be very
> educational.
>
>
>
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>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Never heard of that issue anywhere, but the screen is obviously less
> > sensitive at the edge of the screen - though particular noticeable
> > when using the spacebar on the soft-touch keyboard.
>
> > /Casper
>
> > On 25 Aug., 20:35, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Aug 25, 1:04 am, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi, I am the creator of WordUp! This game has done well, and I have
> > > > had next to no complaints related to performance on the G1. Around
> > > > July of this year, which, coincidentally, is when the MyTouch hit the
> > > > market, I noticed people leaving feedback mentioning that my game was
> > > > "laggy".
> > > > I did some research, and what I am finding is that there are a lot of
> > > > people on the Tmobile forums complaining about the MyTouch as it
> > > > relates to performance. See this thread as an example:
> >http://forums.tmonews.com/index.php?topic=10263.0
>
> > > Seems what is really needed over on those forums is perhaps a tool for
> > > collecting and submitting ddms logs?
>
> > > I'm downloading your game to try and will try to get you a log extract
> > > via email if I run into any problems and see anything relevant in the
> > > log.
>
> > > One oddity on the mytouch I haven't head mentioned but assume is
> > > widely know: the capacitive screen doesn't work too well unless you
> > > are holding the phone - if it's sitting on something and you poke it,
> > > it often doesn't register a touch. I could see that sometimes being
> > > mistaken for lag. I wonder if this will cause problems with some
> > > protective sleeves if they are too "dielectric"
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> [email protected]
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such
> questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and
> answer them.
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