Re Multitouch

[Ortwin Regel]

And how do you scroll?

On 7/24/07, Giles Jones <giles.jones at zen.co.uk> wrote:
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> David Samblas Martinez <dsamblas at yahoo.es> wrote :
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> > An regardin "is multi touch really that awesome? " I
> > think yes of course, but maybe not in a so little
> > screen and surelly it is not worth the trouble of
> > re-coding a lot of stuff to make it work.
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> It has its uses, the important thing is to design the interface of this
> phone to be useable with thumbs. There's interface elements which are too
> small at present. I also dislike the Start menu too (too much like Windows
> Mobile).
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> Multitouch is fiddly on the move, you're reliant on being able to hold the
> device and use two thumbs or hold in one hand then use two fingers of the
> same hand.
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> Apple mainly use it for zooming photos. You can do similar with one
> finger, hold your thumb down on the centre of the touch screen and slide
> outwards to zoom in. Do the same but touch edge of screen and slide finger
> to middle of screen to zoom out.
>
> The above has the advantage of being possible one handed.
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> G O Jones
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