Hey Daniel, Sounds great.
Once you have something going I can have a look and give some design input - do you have a repository or a click package? Best Jouni On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Daniel Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been discussing this with a colleague today and talking about what > use cases there would be to actually perform any editing on a small screen > device and we came to the conclusion that if the device could be docked to > a desktop size screen then viewing would be sufficient on smaller screens. > > I did wonder if something like a magnifying glass widget could be > implemented for accuracy work? but again i can't develop a suitable work > flow where something like this could be used, hence this email to see if > anyone had any clever ideas. > > Thanks for the response, > > Dan > > On 22 June 2015 at 20:50, Rodney Dawes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 2015-06-22 at 14:24 +0100, Daniel Wood wrote: >> > I've been working on a CAD like drawing application for viewing dxf >> > and svg files. All the apps I have tried in the past have been awful >> > to use on a small screen [1] [2]. >> > >> > >> > My initial thought was to limit the functionality on a smaller screen >> > to viewing only and then show drawing and modification tools when in >> > desktop mode. With the help of Nik90 I have used a bottom edge panel >> > for the drawing tools and it works brilliant on a phone size display >> > and I would like to investigate using a phone to perform drawing >> > tasks. >> > >> > >> > Are there any designers that have experience with this type of app or >> > would like to discuss potential ideas for improving usability on >> > smaller screens? >> > >> > >> > The main problem is accuracy when using fingers to select points or >> > existing elements. >> >> Precision is one of the big problems when trying to use a touch screen >> interface for such tasks. Even on my workstation, I don't use my >> standard mouse, when I am working on SVG icons for example. It has a >> very high DPI precision, but it's for gaming, and so it's great at >> moving across a large screen, or rotating the view in an FPS, very >> quickly, but it's very poor for doing slow precision movements, such as >> when adjusting the lines and points in an SVG. Instead, I switch over to >> using a Wacom pad with a mouse. >> >> If you could get a Wacom stylus working with your app though, it might >> be a good way to provide the necessary precision. >> >> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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