Thanks for the feedback, Dianne. I guess the lesson is, like with any other software project I've been a part of, you take the good with the bad. Even though sometimes the bad is not under your control. I agree that this particular user most likely is frustrated with more than just my application when it comes to the G1.
In any case, I'd just like to point out for future reference that I have noticed a big difference in the responsiveness of the touch screen if I have just washed my hands and the screen versus any other time. It's definitely not as responsive when your fingers/screen are clean. Regards, - Mike On Apr 17, 11:09 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Fwiw, I have never had a problem touching any of the G1 screens I have > used... but maybe my hand isn't oily enough or something. > > Honestly, though, if the screen isn't working for someone, I would think it > wouldn't work everywhere, so it would be strange for them to explicitly > target a particular app for that complaint. It's not like the base platform > doesn't use touch extensively itself, so any general screen problems like > "not detecting a finger without pressing hard" would show up anywhere. > > When I see a comment like needing to press hard, my first thought is that > this could well be the user trying to interpret something they are doing to > cause things to work correctly, but that very well may not be what is going > on at all. I would certainly take such statements with a huge grain of salt > -- certainly there is -some- problem, but the given explanation seems > unlikely to me. > > At any rate, the G1 screen is what it is, and it pretty typical of a > capacitive touch screen. A UI needs to be designed to work within the > constraints of the input hardware. For example, the screen also doesn't > recognize the location of touch events at the edge of the screen, and there > are many things in the base Android frameworks and UI that work around that > (or even take advantage of it). > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Mike <michaeldouglaskra...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, I am the developer of WordUp! This game makes heavy use of the > > View touch apis to detect press and drag gestures across the letter > > cubes. Once in a while, I'll get a complaint (unfortunately coupled > > with a lower star rating) related to not being able to press and drag > > very easily. > > > For example: > > > "Would be fantastic if touch sensitivity wasn't so off-I had to > > practically dig my finger into the screen and drag it to connect > > letters." > > > As a developer, this is really frustrating as I think this is an issue > > with the HTC Dream 1 hardware and possibly the Android 1.1 OS. I > > don't think it's fair that I would get dinged for a problem which > > rightly falls into the court of HTC/Google. > > > In my experience with my own dev phone, I have found that a certain > > amount of natural oil on your fingertip makes a big difference in how > > easy it is to press and drag. I know that the touch screen is based > > on electrical current and, as such, it makes sense that the more oil > > on your finger, the better "connection" your finger will make with the > > screen. > > > Perhaps the aforementioned user windexes the screen on a regular basis > > or compulsively hand-washes? In any case, I am requesting some > > reasonable explanation for this as I know it's not an isolated > > incident. > > > Google - what can you tell me about this? Also - is there any > > recourse to remove such negative feedback from my ratings since this > > is the fault of the hardware and not may game? > > > Kind Regards, > > > - Mike Krause (Developer of WordUp!) > > -- > 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, 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
