Comments on: The Trouble With Tablets http://popey.com/blog/2009/11/27/the-trouble-with-tablets/ DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM!! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Florian Hackenberger http://popey.com/blog/2009/11/27/the-trouble-with-tablets/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Florian Hackenberger Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:02:30 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=414#comment-1554 If you consider filing a bug, please have a look at <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/159026" rel="nofollow">Bug #159026</a>. If you consider filing a bug, please have a look at Bug #159026.

]]> By: Kevin http://popey.com/blog/2009/11/27/the-trouble-with-tablets/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 Kevin Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:52:37 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=414#comment-1548 Don't forget us lefties. We can't scroll down on tablets without covering the page contents with our hands. It's terrible. Widnows decided not to fix this in Vista (don't know about Win7) because it would break too many apps that hard code layouts and dimensions to have a 'move scrollbars to the left side' option. I say, break 'em. This is one area of usability where gnome could shine. Don’t forget us lefties. We can’t scroll down on tablets without covering the page contents with our hands. It’s terrible. Widnows decided not to fix this in Vista (don’t know about Win7) because it would break too many apps that hard code layouts and dimensions to have a ‘move scrollbars to the left side’ option. I say, break ‘em. This is one area of usability where gnome could shine.

]]> By: Luis Davim http://popey.com/blog/2009/11/27/the-trouble-with-tablets/comment-page-1/#comment-1547 Luis Davim Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:04:28 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=414#comment-1547 This sounds like a job for the 100 paper cuts team :) This sounds like a job for the 100 paper cuts team :)

]]> By: Alberto Milone http://popey.com/blog/2009/11/27/the-trouble-with-tablets/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Alberto Milone Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:41:01 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=414#comment-1546 A few months ago I wrote a daemon which allows configuration of input devices with Xinput through DBus (i.e. from any language that have DBus bindings). The Wacom driver in Lucid will support Xinput properties (as, for example, touchpads do). This means that I could implement a simple feature in my daemon which makes the daemon look for (RandR) screen rotation events and rotate the tablet accordingly (as tablet's rotation will be an Xinput property). This of course would be an option in a simple UI written in, say, Python (or you could simply modify the xml configuration file of the daemon). I hope to have the time to do this :-/ A few months ago I wrote a daemon which allows configuration of input devices with Xinput through DBus (i.e. from any language that have DBus bindings).

The Wacom driver in Lucid will support Xinput properties (as, for example, touchpads do). This means that I could implement a simple feature in my daemon which makes the daemon look for (RandR) screen rotation events and rotate the tablet accordingly (as tablet’s rotation will be an Xinput property). This of course would be an option in a simple UI written in, say, Python (or you could simply modify the xml configuration file of the daemon).

I hope to have the time to do this :-/

]]> By: jldugger http://popey.com/blog/2009/11/27/the-trouble-with-tablets/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 jldugger Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:04:47 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=414#comment-1545 I've got a Toshiba Tecra m7. It's fairly similar to yours, even more similar to the thinkpads. My idea was to attach to the ACPI LID event but for some reason it emits an event when you convert from tablet to laptop mode but not when you convert from laptop mode to tablet. Honestly at this point the problem isn't programming so much as browsing tech sheets for how the manufacturer does it. They do have an <a href="http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/" rel="nofollow">information website</a> but I've seen nothing of use. I’ve got a Toshiba Tecra m7. It’s fairly similar to yours, even more similar to the thinkpads. My idea was to attach to the ACPI LID event but for some reason it emits an event when you convert from tablet to laptop mode but not when you convert from laptop mode to tablet.

Honestly at this point the problem isn’t programming so much as browsing tech sheets for how the manufacturer does it. They do have an information website but I’ve seen nothing of use.

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