On Friday 24 September 2004 08:43, Thomas Weber wrote:
> >1. Arrow keys + buttons
> >- Keyboards, Joysticks, Remotes, Mobile phones, ...
> >2. Pointer + buttons
> >- Mouse, Touchscreen, Trackball, Touchpad, ...
> >
> >Group one works nicely with freevo now, but group two would need some
> > work. Maybe something like that detached player for extra buttons and
> > ability to select items with cursor would be enough. [...]
> First thought:
> Are there really users which want to use a mouse when they are sitting
> in their livingroom??
Not really (which is the reason why Freevo refuses to support mice), but there
have been several postings by people with touchscreens (in cars/kitchens for
example).
I think mouse/touchpad support is not really needed, but will probably be
there "for free" if Freevo supports touchscreens.
Trackballs are a different thing though - I guess mapping trackball moves to
cursor changes directly (i.e. vertical rotation -> menu navigation) would be
much cooler than moving around a tiny pointer. However I don't need that
either, and it could probably done by someone interested by writing a
trackball interpreter wrapping it (simulating key events) into a category 1
device.
However, that could benefit from knowing the "active regions" of input
elements on screen, which is exactly what is needed for touchscreen
(/category 2 device) support.
Maybe the new UI code could have this in mind - that some of the elements
put on the screen are "active" (like menu entries), so that there can be a
mapping from screen positions to elements that can then receive a KEY_ENTER
event or sth. (maybe a future SCREEN_ACTIVATION event)?
IMHO that is the biggest obstacle for touchscreen support, and it might not be
too hard to keep this in mind now that Freevo/HEAD and its UI code are in an
evolving state. (Sorry Dischi, I don't mean to put more work on your
shoulders.. ;-) but you asked for suggestions / ideas a while ago, and that
might be one.)
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