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On 15/12/2010, at 4:06 AM, Jan-Paul Bultmann wrote:<br>
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>> > The other thing is, maybe we should pick a device and make it the main supported platform for self.<br>
>> > I was thinking about something like this <br>
>> > <a href="http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/products/touchbook.htm">http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/products/touchbook.htm</a><br>
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>> It might be good to focus on one platform, but I don't think it should be a touchpad. Self would have to change a LOT to be useable without a mouse.<br>
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> I think the opposite is the case.<br>
> You can easily simulate a 3 button mouse with gestures, even if it is as simple as counting the fingers :).<br>
> The size constraints as mentioned in the article could be easily solved by some zooming work.<br>
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Good point: the Self world is zoomable in a way that mainstream OSs aren't, and that would solve some of the problems. But think about how far in you'd have to zoom to use a big fat finger instead of a mouse. I still think it would be problematic.<br></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div>Yea the level of zoom required for some of the things in UI2 is propably problematic :D, like the tiny tiny "portal" in the core sampler. It's even hard to hit with a mouse :)</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
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> We could then gradualy move the interface to be more touch friendly.<br>
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Yes.<br></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div>I personaly would like to see the style of the morphic world go towards something like the apple dasboard.</div><div>Many differend self contained morphs with a distinct functionality. With big candy buttons :D</div><div><br></div><a href="http://media.arstechnica.com/images/tiger/dashboard-big.jpg">http://media.arstechnica.com/images/tiger/dashboard-big.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>My favorite of them is the calculator it feels like a real one, with the moving buttons e.t.c</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers Jan</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p>
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