Re: multitouch possible?

2009-02-11 Thread Dylan McCall
Apple's multitouch system, on the software end, is based on heavy use of gestures. Gestures are stupid and limiting, so don't do them. Instead, build on simple logical rules that expand organically to multiple fingers. For example, a basic physics simulation can be used for dragging objects; one

Re: GTA03 - buttons or touchscreen

2008-10-25 Thread Dylan McCall
Something that could be interesting to ponder, with regards to the combo layout, is Sony's keypad add-on. It is designed so that one can run his finger over the keys and use it as a track pad, presumably via some kind of touch sensitive surface. It's a very cool idea and could be a useful control

Re: No Camera???

2007-10-06 Thread Dylan McCall
for batteries, which is an interesting problem). Bye, -Dylan McCall On 10/6/07, Giles Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6 Oct 2007, at 19:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The neo will not penetrate the consumer market without a camera. Not a chance. So, intentional or otherwise, the neo

Re: Nokia open to anything ads

2007-10-01 Thread Dylan McCall
they have a comitment to it as the powerful selling point it should be. Besides, Nokia's phones are a lot more open than various other leading smartphones -- let's hope they blast the closed ones out of the marketplace. Bye, -Dylan McCall On 10/1/07, Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ad: http://biotech9

Re: interface design suggestions

2007-09-23 Thread Dylan McCall
to seeing you pull apart 2007.2! Bye, -Dylan McCall On 9/23/07, Dani Anon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I was thinking on getting an openmoko when it's done and probably developing a couple of apps but before that I think there is a big problem with the current graphic design so I thought I'd

Re: Yet another keypad idea

2007-09-12 Thread Dylan McCall
wise. Bye, -Dylan McCall On 9/8/07, OJW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just playing with another idea for text-entry: http://almien.co.uk/Keypad/ The idea is to be able to type mixed letters / numbers / symbols / control-characters without having to look at the screen when typing. It takes

Re: 2007.2 dialer suggestions

2007-09-12 Thread Dylan McCall
agree with swapping Speaker Phone and Hang Up. A good interface needs a consistent rule for which side the positive and negative responses are on, and this must never change. (For example, Gnome's HIG). Bye, -Dylan McCall On 9/12/07, Joshua Layne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12

Re: The problem with touch screens

2007-09-11 Thread Dylan McCall
pressure. (After all, hands are very sensitive)... Bye, -Dylan McCall On 9/11/07, Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some screen protectors could be made to have relief boundaries between all the buttons... so you just stick you keyboard relief on the screen, close your eyes and write an email

Re: Apple is going to beat all competitors

2007-09-09 Thread Dylan McCall
world are a fresh and exciting direction to go, and really inspire the excitement of exploration brought on by free software. Bye, Dylan McCall PS: Sorry about the dreamy, future feature thoughts-oriented message. Hehe, I got a bit carried away. GPS is definitely the one thing we have

Re: Clarify openmoko != Neo1973

2007-08-24 Thread Dylan McCall
Openmoko.org's front page could show more than one smartphone running the system, or screenshots of it without any hardware visible. That may magically get the point across... -Dylan McCall On 8/24/07, Daniel Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear list, I often read sentences like I think I'll

Re: Balancing simplicity with complexity

2007-08-22 Thread Dylan McCall
), but for some reason I am finally able to relax under an acceptance that other people are Really Good at this stuff, and I can now resume work on my own niche without a worry about how the rest of it fits together. The air feels lighter. Bye, -Dylan McCall On 8/20/07, Sean Moss-Pultz [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Finger Graffiti

2007-07-30 Thread Dylan McCall
someone clever to sit down and figure out the connections). Bye, -Dylan McCall On 7/30/07, David Schlesinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So by using fingers instead of a stylus we're not talking about the same use case anyway. That's certainly not clear to me. Are you policing this project

Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-21 Thread Dylan McCall
I agree, a forum is a good idea! More organized and easier searched (without putting that job entirely on the user's end) than a mailing list. I prefer PHPbb, definitely. Invision is more fancy, but I am always seeing those things screw up. Bye, -Dylan McCall On 7/21/07, Valerio Bruno [EMAIL

Re: OK, the forum is coming..

2007-07-21 Thread Dylan McCall
With news readers in mind, I have one wish for the forums: Really good syndication, either with RSS or Atom feeds. On 7/21/07, Adam Krikstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Werner hinted at an official forums.openmoko.org. If people would just want something temporary, I could probably get an FIC

Re: projects of interest?

2007-07-17 Thread Dylan McCall
with in the same way as its regular hardware? For example, would a mystical bluetooth camera peripheral be able to talk to the device and be just as useful as its built in camera, with regards to software? Bye, -Dylan McCall On 7/17/07, Torfinn Ingolfsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/17/07, Giles

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Dylan McCall
, -Dylan McCall On 7/15/07, Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I don't know what so cool about multi-touch screen on a phone unless for scaling images and webpages. So maybe just implementing a gesture to do that function, no need for a full blown implementation of a multi-touch support

Re: X Server MultiTouch Support

2007-07-15 Thread Dylan McCall
server along with a stronger effort by folks to prepare for the future. (Hopefully software will soon stop assuming particular input methods... and I want multiple drag and drop operations!) Bye, -Dylan McCall On 7/15/07, Bryce Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, but you're also ignoring

Re: public access point database

2007-07-04 Thread Dylan McCall
with automatically and transparently, appearing with a message explaining that some location (or schedule?) data has been sent, offering to add it to the local database. Easy to set up, too, with a trusted friends list just using email addresses and maybe some type of personal identifier for security. -Dylan

Screen size vs. resolution

2007-07-02 Thread Dylan McCall
of the device relative to the screen, make a big enough difference that this smaller screen still feels pretty big? (Or, even better, is the 2.8 inches I am reading an incorrect measurement?) Bye, Dylan McCall ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community

Re: public access point database

2007-07-02 Thread Dylan McCall
for that location database as it is for the system to download existing databases from the web. Bye, -Dylan McCall On 7/2/07, Don Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/2/07, Stuart Gray randomelginguy at hotmail.com wrote: http://www.wefi.com/ seems to be along that lines, the software

Re: An alternative gaming top case

2007-07-01 Thread Dylan McCall
endeavour for any time soon. Bye, -Dylan McCall On 7/1/07, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, i'm definitely interested in someone doing something like this - and my background is in CAD/engineering/materials with a bit of CAM, so i might as well start things off. i can't see any schematics

Re: Advertising/hype

2007-07-01 Thread Dylan McCall
that would tell the device that said coordinates are said address. (And then the addresses could have tags, such as Theatre, that the device could act on automatically). Bye, -Dylan McCall On 7/1/07, Raphaƫl Jacquot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick Johnson wrote: On 7/2/07, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: the keyboard on the competition

2007-06-28 Thread Dylan McCall
is pressed, the key could expand with each letter becoming separate. When the user is making his stroke, the key that would be selected if he was to let go could be illuminated somehow. -Dylan McCall On 6/27/07, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: someone on this list had a similar idea for enlarging

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-05 Thread Dylan McCall
A problem with the buttons layer is that now we have something very oriented towards one specific situation, so it seems less friendly for random development of stuff, such as full-screen games without actual buttons. Of course this cover would probably be removable, but if it were to happen it

Re: Neo1973 Update!

2007-06-03 Thread Dylan McCall
that there is not much. Okay, I'll admit that my opinion would immediately change with the inclusion of multitouch, but for now there is a way to cope with not having it :) Thanks for the update! Bye, -Dylan McCall On 6/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, I got some news to share with you

Re: concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-02 Thread Dylan McCall
they are so small)... what would be /extremely/ cool is tapping the touch screen to turn the device on, removing that pesky power button. I wonder how / if that could ever be possible? (Of course the touch screen isn't your usual button, so probably can't do it at all easily). Bye, -Dylan McCall PS