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[Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24/02/13 11:51, Dalius wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would advice to preview Ubuntu Phone presentations video. The idea
> is that apps not necessary should be full screen on tablet. While I
> would agree that some apps (e.g. calendar, mail) should reuse full
> estate, while others can be the same on phone and tablet.
>

I absolutely agree. For example (in a matter close to your heart), on
anything larger than a phone, the calculator should never be used
fullscreen. However, for apps such as email, the full screen real estate
should be used by default, certainly on up to 10" screens and
potentially even larger.

The question is that for such apps, shouldn't we try to reuse the same
backend (as Petko suggested) and load different UI's? This would enable
switching between phones/tablets/desktop via a "pick up where you left
off" system or by docking (as demonstrated in the preview video).

The other question is that if we have a design for such apps, should we
submit it as separate phone and tablet designs, or as a single design
indicating how to switch between.

Thanks,
Matt

> Regards,
> Dalius
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Petko <pditchev@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:pditchev@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     I'm also very curious on that matter . Are there some specs on how
>     to change app behaviour or is the current style just to rewrite
>     the apps for a phone/tablet/desktop factor . The latter seems
>     suboptimal . It would be great to have 3 GUIs for the same app
>     backend (you download the same app, but it loads differently under
>     different form factors) , but as far as I know everyone's pushing
>     QML for writing the full apps , so there's no abstraction between
>     GUI<->engine .
>
>     Petko
>
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