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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A new interaction technology for input devices at K Desktop
From:       "Guillaume Pothier" <gpothier () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-07-30 14:42:10
Message-ID: 8caa8ded0807300742g105d66dfpfb92416b10a28cdf () mail ! gmail ! com
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The ICon system (http://inputconf.sourceforge.net/) can be a great
source of inspiration for the technical side.
g

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:24 AM, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/7/30 Christos Margiolas <margiolas.christos@gmail.com>:
>> I have to say that the resize of the photo was one of my thoughts.
>> I will do a better presentation for my idea and I will send you the link to
>> my blog
>
> I look forward to it.  Remember - concrete use cases and concrete proposals :)
>
> John
>
>>
>> Christos Margiolas
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:42 PM, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 2008/7/29 Christos Margiolas <margiolas.christos@gmail.com>:
>>> > Ok! I will try to express my recent idea as simple as I can and without
>>> > technical specifications for two reasons, first I want to think and find
>>> > many things for the implementation and second I just want to publish my
>>> > idea. Many mouses and touchpads have very good abilities but because
>>> > either
>>> > of the deficiency of the drivers or either of the final application
>>> > development the final user doesn't relish these features. I believe that
>>> > the
>>> > development of a library for the support of those special features at
>>> > kde
>>> > will help enough the usability and the usage of the environment. At
>>> > other
>>> > environments like mac os x the user can do many useful things with the
>>> > touchpad, with a simple touch can change his pdf page or go to the next
>>> > photo. My idea implementation at this early stage I believe that will
>>> > contain a library for the integration of this feature at the apps, a
>>> > library
>>> > with plugin system for the support of different hardware(let's say
>>> > backends)
>>> > and for the adjunct of new "interaction" features. The first backend
>>> > will
>>> > support synaptics touchpads(this is my touchpad type ). Also I think
>>> > that
>>> > every application should use the advanced device abilities specialized
>>> > for
>>> > their needs.
>>> > KDE 4 as we know is a revolution with many glorious technologies such as
>>> > plasma, akonadi and phonon, so I believe that at a high tech technology
>>> > environment the user needs also revolutionary input devices usage and
>>> > that
>>> > is the big goal of my idea. I believe that my idea would be relative not
>>> > only with mouses and touchpad devices but also with motion detectors and
>>> > other more advanced devices. With  this technology I think that we will
>>> > have
>>> > interact with plasma via a touch screen or something more extreme like
>>> > motion gloves.
>>> > Only this for now. This is just an idea and if I will find out that is
>>> > useful for the community I aim to spend enough time. I am waiting your
>>> > comments.
>>>
>>> The way forward with such ideas is to try to come up with some very
>>> specific use cases.
>>> Write out a few use cases such as:
>>>
>>> Jane wants to resize her photos using a motion detection glove.
>>>
>>> Then look at what the minimal set of changes would be to solve the
>>> specific use cases that you've come up.  Then look at how to abstract
>>> and extend.
>>> If you look at specific use cases and propose very specific changes
>>> broken up in small useful chunks, you'll find it becomes a lot easier
>>> to push forward ideas and get people involved :)
>>>
>>> JohnFlux
>>>
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