Please do not discuss patents on this list. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Rajesh S <rajeshs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > but apple has infringed others' patents too... especially good old > palm's. > so palm went ahead to happily use apple's patents instead of suing.. > revenge or understanding.. I wudnt know. but it is sick that some > simple stuff like this can be patented .. just because you started > using touch first. nybody trying out a touch screen wud have com up > with such ideas easily. but yes the fruit guys did get into it sooner > than many others. > > http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/28/apple-vs-palm-the-in-depth-analysis/ > > well before somebody from google hushes me here and asks us to go to > android-discuss, i'll close with the thought that the hardware doesn't > stop some dual-touch stuff and these but sick legal issues do. if at > all apple puts up a fight and loses in court it woud be be easy for > official android team to implement this otherwise we are on our own. > > Android team, if release synced sources were more clearly supported, > we would be able to do such value additions at zero cost > unofficially. > > Cheers, > Rajesh.S > > > On Mar 27, 10:09 am, Rajesh S <rajeshs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Here you go: >> >> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=P... >> >> "If an edge of the electronic document is reached while translating >> the electronic document in the first direction while the object is >> still detected on or near the touch screen display, an area beyond the >> edge of the document is displayed." >> >> On Mar 21, 2:20 am, AndroidApp <zl25dre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Oh wtf... do you have a link to the patent? >> >> > On Mar 20, 5:22 pm, Rajesh S <rajeshs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > am afraid its up to u to do those .. as with dual/multi-touch. the >> > > fruit guys have a patent on the spring action in list too!!! gosh >> > > somebody tell the patent office what is an invention and what isn't. >> >> > > On Mar 20, 9:04 pm, AndroidApp <zl25dre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > > Then can you guys put some scrolling physics in Android's views >> > > > (scroll off the screen a little and then bounce back)? That's a really >> > > > cool effect. See iphone scrolling. >> >> > > > On Mar 20, 3:52 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: >> >> > > > > You're honestly probably better off just writing your own list view >> > > > > that >> > > > > does just what you want. Copy things you can from the current >> > > > > ListView, but >> > > > > the framework ListView class is very general and thus very tricky to >> > > > > modify. >> >> > > > > That said, I personally would advice against this. Android >> > > > > applications >> > > > > don't do that, and the list view has a scroll indicator so that you >> > > > > can tell >> > > > > where you are in the list to avoid the need of it. All you'll end >> > > > > up doing >> > > > > is making your application behave inconsistently with other things on >> > > > > Android. >> >> > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:31 PM, zl25drexel <zl25dre...@gmail.com> >> > > > > wrote: >> >> > > > > > Hi, I wanted to make a special ListView for android that has the >> > > > > > springy bounce effect like what they have in the iphone, >> >> > > > > > Before I divide into coding it, can someone from google tell me >> > > > > > whether that's possible if I just modify the ListView class or do I >> > > > > > need to modify some other classes also? >> >> > > > > > Thanks, >> >> > > > > -- >> > > > > Dianne Hackborn >> > > > > Android framework engineer >> > > > > hack...@android.com >> >> > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have >> > > > > time to >> > > > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on >> > > > > public >> > > > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > >
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