There are of course exceptions, I grant you that. But e.g. regular text I input
with gestures, and that's way faster than anything else I've tried. I do switch
to regular touch keyboard when in the SSH console, of course, or sometimes I
even attach a USB keyboard for longer typing sessions. But those are fringe
cases, surely.
(Also, who uses phones to place calls in this day and age? ;))
sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote:
>describe to me how dialing a number by swiping will be
>more efficient and/or faster?
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:22 AM, [email protected] <
>[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Which are one of the elements slowing me down in my mobile computing
>today.
>>
>>
>> sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> in combination with buttons
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:42 AM, [email protected] <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely
>improbable
>>>>> events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and
>no one
>>>>> is given credit.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely
>>>>>>>>>>> improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order
>arises from chaos,
>>>>>>>>>>> and no one is given credit.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 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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