I've obviously misinterpreted overlay scrollbars. I thought the reason
behind them was that direct scrolling (drag the window to scroll) didn't
need a scrollbar. Overlay scrollbars offer a way to hide them for people
who don't need them, whilst remaining useful for people who do. But this
article seems to suggest that touchscreen users have to try to hit the
overlay scrollbar. Could someone clarify this?
On 14/02/12 11:13, Chris wrote:
Everyone can have ideas! ;-)
Anyhow, from the top article of OMG:
Ekoore ship the/ Python S/ with a custom version of Ubuntu 11.10
using GNOME Shell.
Why Shell? Likely because GNOME-Shell is /generally/ more 'touch
friendly' than Unity. It has big chunky window controls; managing
and opening apps via the Activities Overlay is easier, and,
perhaps importantly, it sports an elegant pop-up
on-screen keyboard in the form of '/Caribou/'.
Ubuntu on the other hand is a fiddle to use;
/Overlay-scrollbars/ are difficult to reveal/drag using a finger,
as is un-hiding the Unity launcher; window controls are tiny; the
'onboard' screen keyboard is functional but not touch-orientated;
switching between full-screen applications is difficult, etc.
I think this will be a likely response from Ekoore. But they might
offer similar suggestions for making Unity more touch-friendly.
Or was your point that they make ARM/x86 tablets? If they use standard
hardware (is there even standard hardware in tablets?) then Ubuntu
just needs to make it's software complaint with the hardware as far as
I'm concerned.
With metta, Chris
2012/2/14 ??????? ??????? <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
They used Unity. But now they use Gnome 3 because it more
convenient for finger usage. And you didn't understand me. They
interesting in developing new line of ARM tablets with Ubuntu. And
they can have some ideas.
2012/2/13 Mitchell Reese <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
The Ekoore is a tablet... by those pictures in your link they
have also used Unity. I think they would have some great
insights. I never bought one as they were expensive, heavy,
and had sub-par (compared with arm) battery life. Neat idea
though.
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Chris <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
The ekoore was a tablet with 3 operating systems? Windows,
Android and Ubuntu? If so, then I also remember them using
GNOME Shell in contrary to Unity.
And this link seems to support that fact:
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/?s=Ekoore
<http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/?s=Ekoore>
Thoughts?
With metta, Chris
On Feb 13, 2012 8:47 AM, "??????? ???????"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I think, we must invite Ekoore ([email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>) into discussion. They sell x86
Ubuntu Tablet, so they can give advices about interface
and usability.
2012/2/11 Nicholas Shatokhin <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
We can use Kickstarter. We can design tablet, get
money through Kickstarter and open startup that will
develop this tablets.
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:37:59 +0200 ???? ???????? Sandy
Martin <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
Ok working with any hardware company is a big
step. For me the tablet need that cross between a
casual tablet like and Android or Ipad. download
apps and that almost touch pad OS like Ubuntu with
u-touch. IMO that sells. we need to get app
companies to port their stuff onto linux.
________________________________
?From: brian mullan <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: Ian Santopietro <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 2:27:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-tablet] Ubuntu tablet
Is there data on tablet adoption rates that could
show which to focus on and which have a common
?cpu/gpu etc.
I think the important focus is that its about
"time to market". ? ?Who can get something that is
BOTH user friendly and inexpensive etc.
iPad has #1 but apple is a bit of a closed
universe in hw & sw choice and because of that the
Apple's ipad is very user friendly but it is
pricey. ? Their margin can erode with introduction
of alternatives that offer similar
capabilities/services but at a cheaper price per unit.
I like the Barnes & Noble Nook Color tablet but
Samsung's Galaxy & the ASUS tablets are very nice too.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Ian Santopietro
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
What in particular makes the new Prime less than
ideal? It's got a
load of power, which is also nice for Ubuntu,
and to my knowledge the
only thing software-wise is that Ubuntu works
on Tegra 2 now. It
wasn't always the case, and Tegra 3 is
becoming more and more
ubiquitous. If we went for a strictly software
support perspective,
something based on OMAP 4 would be much
better. Plus, from a quality
standpoint, the Prime beats the original
pretty well, and it still
offers the keyboard dock.
Or, maybe both tablets would be good? A sort
of entry-level and premium?
(Don't read too much into this. I'm sure a lot
of it is simply because
I bought a Prime a few weeks ago, and would
love to see Ubuntu running
on it. :-) )
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 09:18, Randall Ross
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Thanks Alan. Now we can all get hacking! ;)
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