Re: [9fans] Re: Plan 9 applying to GSoC

[hiro <23hiro@gmail.com>]

6 degrees aren't enough, even 9 degrees wouldn't be enough, we need a
truly hypercubic input device IMHO. so far, mice aren't it.

On 2/18/22, adventuresin9@gmail.com <adventuresin9@gmail.com> wrote:
> An idea that would fall under rio and interfaces;
> 
> Replace mouse with movement.  Have the usual X and Y, but also add a Z,
> which would be equivalent to something like pinch-zoom on a phone.  And also
> have rotation around an axis, so that a mouse wheel would be interpreted as
> rotating around the X axis.  Have movement accept absolute and relative
> inputs, so it works with touch screen and wacom tablets, or mice and
> joysticks.  Multiple device inputs can go in, and the interface would read
> out 6 degrees of movement.
> 
> Than have all buttons come from a single button server.  That way you can
> map the extra buttons on modern mice, or take input from an on-screen
> keyboard to be read of key presses by another process.
> 
> And have both movement and buttons listed in /srv, and let other devices
> import them.  So you can have a tablet's touchscreen used as a pointing
> device at a desktop.
> 
> And with that, work could then be done on alternative graphical interfaces
> without being tied to the traditional keyboard and 3 button mouse.

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