Alternatives to long-press: * Don't use long-press. Navigate through trackball and use the MENU- key. -> since this actually already works in most applications there is no need to complain :-) (long-press is optional - you don't have to use it!)
* Use MENU + keyboard (also works already in many applications.) * Double-tap would be an alternative. The speed is only limited by the speed of your finger :-) * press MENU + tap on the screen could be another alternative. Or SHIFT + tap. Probably it means using two hands instead of one (or a very flexible hand). * Gestures (swipe, draw a circle, ...) * touch + shake * touch + shout * multitouch * ... Peli www.openintents.org On Jun 23, 10:39 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you think of any other way to issue a right-click on a > touchscreen? It is an EXTREMELY useful feature, and though I somewhat > agree with what you say about it, the problem is in actually coming up > with an alternative. > > On Jun 20, 12:30 am, sonisoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > dont like long presses ie. on the home screen to add a widget/an icon, > > home button to switch apps when multi-tasking. long press-es make > > you feel it takes..well... longer to activate something despite > > actually android is pretty responsive... but then again today isnt > > only about how many features you have, but how easy it feels for us to > > use, and believe android pioneered it and palm with webOs took it to > > the next level... its all about the little things, the details... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
