Multitouch Special Sauce: Features You'd Love to See
We'd like to dedicate this session to brainstorming on a handful of oft-requested features, and the feasibility of 1) doing them at all, 2) doing them in a set time-frame, and 3) doing them in Natty.
Features to be discussed so far:
* using an iPad to control an Ubuntu installation (i.e., a large trackpad)
* creating a touch app for Ubuntu to act as a remote control for TVs
* enabling auto-flip for the Dell XT2 (and similar form-factors with screens that rotate around)
* enabling auto-rotate for tablets with the appropriate hardware
If you'd like to see others, update the whiteboard with your suggestions!
Tags: hci-n, hci, touch, multi-touch, multitouch, applications, utilities
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- Duncan McGreggor
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- None
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Chase Douglas
- Definition:
- New
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
-
Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
Whiteboard
* autorotate
* tabuntu? lp project (tablet-
* support is getting better
* separate cursors for interacting with touch and mouse simultaneously
* you can configure X to do this
* supported via MPX in XInput 2.0
* ideally, the cursor for the touch source would not be visible; just the mouse cursor
* Equivalent to MS Touch Pack?
* we don't have this
* we do have PyMT sample apps -- a good place to start
* any ideas? share them with PyMT mail list!
* iPad as a sophisticated remote control
* "lots" of hardware that can support 2-touch (1 is probably all you need for a remote) and ubuntu
* ideacom (4 touch), joojoo (egalax), wacom, cando, mozart
* lots of crazy ideas that are possible...
* advanced remotes (e.g., home automation, light shows, serious multimedia)
