is there any software out now that can do this or would someone be interested in making one thanks in advance if there is already a thread i couldn't find it so point me in the right direction
No, the screens on Windows Mobile devices can only recognise a single touch at any one time.
HTC Album will zoom in/out with a circular swipe, think zooming with a telephoto lens clockwise=zoom in, anticlockwise=zoom out.
yeah iv know that but i was messing with it trying to zoom in and out by sliding fingers away from each other and it worked a couple times i don't know how i havnt done anything and are u sure it cant recognize multiple touches
It can't with the current screen as mentioned above. Maybe the next generation.
Any developers or Moderator Developers have any idea of whether this is being developed?
Just thought it would be very useful for controlling the Mouse in RDP on Diamond and Touch Pro Devices!
It would basically function in the same way as a Laptop TrackPad!!
Any takers!
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Am still totally blown away by the Guy at MicroPC Talk that modded his Sony UX from a core 2 solo 1500 to a CORE2DUO!!!!!!!! (u7600)
Wish I had the balls to try something like that on mine!
You might as well use the touch screen? Right?
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You might as well use the touch screen? Right?
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Could be usefull for clicking small links in Opera, go there with the mousecursor and click them
I think it would be usefull to be able to use it as a mouse pad.
Was also thinking maybe moving up or down on it on the left and right side could be able to emulate a hard button for the onscreen softbuttons, for using fullscreen apps.
YUP - This could work on the touch screen too - was just thinking that since the touch functionality is built into the buttons too you could manipulate a mouse pointer without obstructing the screen.
I was wondering about a scroll pad too!
Wish I coded in Visual Studio sometimes - do a teeny weeny bit of MySQL and PHP but wouldn't know where to start coding for windows mobile! LOL!
Still nice to know there are other thinking on a similar wavelength!
Greetings,
I am a total n00b when it comes to programming, but i can roughly understand how things work.
I saw the preview for the Touch Pro 2, which amazed me!
The thing is, most of the ROMS that i have tried installing, that have the landscape view as a feature, it sometimes bugs out and returns me to Portrait whenever i return to the main menu or some apps like the camera appear to be... upside down.
Is it possible to take the part of the code that "tells" the OS on how to act when the screen is lifted?
Regards,
Andrew
You can delete this thread, i took a closer look at the Touch pro 2 and i just saw the screen slides to the right...
Sorry for the time waste...
I have played around with some of the multitouch apps (browser, maps, image-gallery examples) and found them quite impressive. My question is, can the onscreen-keyboard be hacked to allow for multitoutch?
i know the keyboard is pretty useful but it would be better to have the multi touch features. The screen supports multutouch and it is a bit stupid that apple can copyright multitouch. alot of my friends mock the android cos it doesnt have mutitouch (stupid iphone snobs)
so, is it possible?
I'm sure it would be possible. There honestly should be multi-touch support for the virtual keyboard. Not to display 2 letters at a time obviously, but to just que the second letter to allow for faster typing rather than have it skip between 2 letters. The iphone does have multi-touch support on its VK for the same exact reason of faster typing.
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I have played around with some of the multitouch apps (browser, maps, image-gallery examples) and found them quite impressive. My question is, can the onscreen-keyboard be hacked to allow for multitoutch?
i know the keyboard is pretty useful but it would be better to have the multi touch features. The screen supports multutouch and it is a bit stupid that apple can copyright multitouch. alot of my friends mock the android cos it doesnt have mutitouch (stupid iphone snobs)
so, is it possible?
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so where are you seeing all of this stuff with the multi touch?
Yeah, I don't think multi-touch is available for Maps and Gallery. If I'm wrong could someone shoot me a link please?
Multi touch is only available in the browser. There were some demos you could install on your phone of the maps and gallery but they were just demos not the actual program.
As for the VK not sure why you would need it. Maybe type faster but other than that I see no need for it.
He's talking about the multitouch examples here: http://lukehutch.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/get-multi-touch-support-on-your-t-mobile-g1-today/
I don't really see what all the hype is about multi-touch. The only reason I can see it being useful is for games, and maybe if a shift key was inserted in the VK. Other than that, I feel it just becomes more difficult. Sure, it's cool technology, but isn't it easier to zoom using your thumb, holding the phone with one hand, than having to use two fingers or two separate hands? I've been running JF builds for months which multi-touch, and barely use it at all.
Multi touch allows for faster typing. Especially if you're typing in landscape mode with your thumbs going at it. I've noticed it would skip letters for me on various occasions because of it not registering hits that are too close to each other.
Why wouldn't you just open the keyboard...
I don't get it
I agree about typing. I also think the iphone's way of zooming in/out on the map is easier, too. It is all preference, but I really want the multi-touch map. Having it as an option would satisfy the masses.
To be honest, after the novelty of having multitouch on the browser wore off I found myself using the "+" and "-" buttons on the screen anyway!
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To be honest, after the novelty of having multitouch on the browser wore off I found myself using the "+" and "-" buttons on the screen anyway!
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Personally, I hate those freaking on-screen zoom in/out buttons with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns. They're always popping up in the way of links that are placed at the bottom of web pages and I constantly hit that stupid button in the bottom right of the screen, opening that useless panning box. IMHO on-screen menus should never be placed in front of content. Am I the only one that thinks that's completely retarded?
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frankly i like the circle zoom!! i thnk tht wud b more convinient then the multi touch unless ur in landscape mode for some reason or another but yes i wud really like multi touch vk!! i need to b able to type faster but i still use my hardware keyboard for fast typing!
i prefer using two fingers to zoom in and out. I feel that by using two fingers you see where you are zooming and dont have a finger in the way. As multitouch is enabled in the rom, using two fingers emulates a finger press in between them, which can get quite enoying if you type fast ir knock a key by accident, u get a random key in the middle.
I know its not essential but these little things give it a nicer feel.
Chris
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Why wouldn't you just open the keyboard...
I don't get it
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It's a matter of personal preference. Is that not why we like open source so much? Some of us don't want to open keyboards every 4 seconds. Some of us have magic's sans hardware keyboards.
I for one welcome any improvements that I may or not use but in the end they are improvements.
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Why wouldn't you just open the keyboard...
I don't get it
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Because, I text a LOT. Between work and twitter and friends... I'm texting all the time. sometimes it's just faster to start typing.. plus I'm sure it's better on the hinges to not keep snapping the thing open every minute.
Hi,
I would like to propose an idea, which so far is unavailable in the market, but nevertheless I see potential for development.
It stems from my frustration of using touchscreen.....whether it be handphone, or 7", or 10", I always have the problem of typing at speed, and always needing to correct as there is no standard keyboard. Yes, due to my past usage, the standard keyboard size is impt for a ease of use.
So I am suggesting:
a. a small pull-out keyboard, which can easily extend to the size of a standard keyboard. the touch and feel of "click" is needed, and impt, just like playing piano vs playing on a keyboard....u really cannot feel where to press without the demarcating separation between each keys. yes, typing at speed definitely means typing by feeling, and COMPLETELY NOT LOOKING AT THE KB AT ALL. Touchscreen cannot do that.
b. 10" is just nice for reading, esp if it matches the standard A4 size, as I have lots of ebook with that size. and gesture like zooming and pulling up is impt, so a touchscreen without the need of keyboard. Luckily u have that with Android, as I attached the keyboard to my development Android tablet (blizzard from Technexion) and the KB does not appear on touchscreen at all.
Frankly the finger is really BAD for pointing....scrolling up yes, but often, instead of scrolling up, it selected the item which my finger landed on. Whereas when I connect the moue to the tablet, put the mouse over a list, i can select by clicking, and yet scrolling up/down by the scrolling ball. Finger alone is really bad for telling the difference.
My 2cts ideas, please comment.
Peter Teoh