[9fans] Mobile/netbook user interface

[dexen.devries@gmail.com (dexen deVries)]

Hi,

On Wednesday 20 of April 2011 04:07:33 Maur?cio CA wrote:
> I like the way acme works.  And these days it's common that we take
> small machines everywhere, like a netbook I like to work with at the
> library or cafe tables.
> 
> Is anyone working on something that could give the same kind of user
> experience that we have with acme, but designed to be used with those
> small machines we use on top of things where there's usually no space
> for a mouse?  Maybe an acme fork that uses a touchscreen instead of
> the mouse?

i've been using acme on a laptop with just the touchpad for some time. 
chording is a bit slow, but doable -- if you can configure advanced functions 
of the touchpad. 

i did on linux+X11 (plan9port). the touchpad was providing one-, two- and 
three-finger `tap' detection, which i mapped to button 1, 2 and 3 (perhaps in a 
different order, can't remember). also, it provided 1.5-click functionality, 
where you touch it, raise the finger and then touch-and-hold(and possibly 
drag). that pretty much replaced the left mouse button to me for both clicking 
and click-and-hold for chording. i've re-mapped the physical buttons below the 
touchpad to buttons 2 and 3, and chording was possible.


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dexen deVries

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