nanogui: Thread: Using microwin on Palmtop's (i.e. small screen and touch panel).

I'm posting to both lists as this is relevant to both.

I've recently got a Everex Freestyle, and have already had Linux running on
it thanks to the LinuxCE guys, the prebuilt kernel had microwin demo which
worked quite well.

Has anyone initiated a discussion on what a UI for this class of machine
should look like and how it should work with a touch panel/small screen.

The obvious problems are:
1). Single 'button' mouse concept, i.e. touch the screen
2). Limited screen space/screen depth.
3). Lack of keyboard.

Overall I quite like the WinCE UI, it's just the slow response and frequent
crashes that I don't... I'm sure LinuxCE can do better.

I've modified the 'mine' demo to use a smaller screen, with the hope of
building up a small suite of demo programs. I'll send in the mod (very
simple #def change from home).

Simon Wood

> The obvious problems are:
> 1). Single 'button' mouse concept, i.e. touch the screen

You can get a lot out of a tap screen.  Dragging by tap and hold down, menu
button by double tap works well for a suprising number of setups

> I've modified the 'mine' demo to use a smaller screen, with the hope of
> building up a small suite of demo programs. I'll send in the mod (very
> simple #def change from home).

Neat