Gestures are useless with the conventional pointing device. With a touch
screen, however, they are quite handy, and Android and iOS makes good use of
them today.
"Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Anyone ever used gestures and used them to good effect on the many
>Linux
>DEs? Or on Opera? It's another one of those "clever-but-unusable" Linux
>fads.
>
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>
>On 10 January 2013 18:16, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think the idea is for the phone to be operable from one hand.
>>
>>
>> On 10 January 2013 18:14, sanga collins <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>
>>> gestures as opposed to buttons looks cumbersome
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:51 AM, Bright Onapito
><[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> This looks very promising. Gestures as opposed to buttons for
>navigation
>>>> is fascinating! Looking forward to digging in :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Otandeka Simon Peter <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The canonical boss gives an overview of the new OS.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/01/mark-shuttleworths-hands-on-ubuntu-mobile-demonstration/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Benjamin Tayehanpour <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's not really the same thing, though. Not even close. Running
>a
>>>>>> Debian chroot with SSH and VNC access was among the first things
>I tried on
>>>>>> my new Android device. But that's unbelievably clunky, and even
>though it's
>>>>>> a VNC connection though the loopback interface it's still VNC,
>meaning no
>>>>>> graphics acceleration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There was actually a daughter project in my former main project,
>which
>>>>>> had successfully ported Debian and X11 to the original iPhone.
>Ah, good
>>>>>> times.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3 January 2013 13:01, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You've been able to run a full-ish linux distro on android for
>years
>>>>>>> now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://linuxonandroid.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> P.
>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>> events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos,
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>>>>>>> is given credit.
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 3 January 2013 14:25, Benjamin Tayehanpour <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I hope they are hacker-friendly! Can't wait to get hold of one
>so I
>>>>>>>> can mod it. Imagine running your own custom desktop environment
>on it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 3 January 2013 12:22, Bright Onapito <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is great stuff! I look forward to having me one of these
>:)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Benjamin Tayehanpour <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's been in the works for quite some time, and some
>adventurous
>>>>>>>>>> people have even tested it on their phones, but I'm glad the
>project is
>>>>>>>>>> finally going places!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 3 January 2013 06:00, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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