No, there is no difference. It is just about how you hold your tablet (one hand, both hands...)
Am 30.01.2012 16:27, schrieb [email protected]: > Can it understand the difference between a thumb and a regular finger? > Else it's just a one finger swipe (which makes sense as well. Drag > down for notifications, drag right for launcher). > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Ian Santopietro <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > A quick note on the thumb keyboard. It's an awesome idea, but on a > widescreen (16:9/16:10) tablet, the keyboard is workable in > portrait orientation. The thumb keyboard is much more useful on > the iPad, which uses a 4:3 screen ratio, and has a much wider > portrait keyboard. > > On Jan 30, 2012 3:03 AM, "Markus Burrer" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I think, it's more "natural" to swipe with the thumb because > normally you hold the tablet with both hands, thumbs on top. > You just need to move your thumb to launch or switch apps. > Thats what I don't like at Android. You need a lot of actions > to switch between apps. > > With the four finger tap you need to let loose the tablet > with one hand to make the gesture or the tap. With the "left > thumb swipe" you don't. I'm holding my tablet right now and > try the four finger gesture and it feels uncomfortable. Or is > there a "swipe with the thumb patent" somewhere so you can't > use it? > > Also the screen keyboard should have a "thumb mode" like the > MultiLing Keyboard from Android because even on a 7 inch > Tablet with big hands like mine it is uncomfortable to type > with the standard Android keyboard. > > > http://macoymejia.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/wpid-cap201107121734.jpg?w=549 > > http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab307/mobilesat/android/ThumbKeyboard.jpg > > With the "left thumb reveal" and a thumb keyboard you can > launch applications from the launcher or switch between them > without the need to let loose the tablet. You also can open > the Dash and type to search with both hands on the device. > Especially with bigger and heavier devices (10 inch Atom > Tablets) this would be an important convenience > > Hope you understand what I mean, my english is worst > > Markus > > > Am 30.01.2012 09:51, schrieb Mitchell Reese: >> A lot of this is already implemented in the multi-touch >> gesture stack built on top of Ubuntu. I.e., a four finger tap >> opens the dash, while a four finger swipe unhides the >> launcher (or dock, depending on what you call it), etc. From >> what I've read, it shouldn't be too hard to remap these if >> your preferences are different. The main thing we need is a >> multitouch device we can actually /install/ Ubuntu on >> natively that supports multitouch at this level. >> >> Plasma Active looks really interesting, as does the Mali >> graphics core. I'm interested to see where it goes. For >> myself, I love the 7 inch tablet form factor. >> >> On 30/01/12 19:19, Markus Burrer wrote: >>> I think, the easiest way to reveal the launcher on a tablet would >>> be a >>> gesture like at the dolphin browser for Android to open the >>> bookmarks. >>> >>> Just wipe right from the left border. The launcher should stay open. >>> Wipe left to hide. Wipe up and down to scroll and tap to open the >>> Dash >>> or run an application. >>> >>> Markus >>> >> >> > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-tablet> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-tablet> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-tablet> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-tablet> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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