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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From my limited testing, it looks like the left handed people of the world
will actually have it easier than the rest of us, as far as the launcher is
concerned. It sounds to me like this is yet another excuse people are
providing for Canonical to allow the launcher to be moved around on the
screen to different locations. Reaching all the way across the superphones
of the world is more effort than simply reaching an inch or so. Have you
actually tried Ubuntu touch on a device?

I'm not left handed, and I'm not encountering any issue going through the
motions. Someone who has spent their whole life being left handed would
surely be more adept than I am... but I am not part of the design team or
Canonical, so I don't have any say in the matter. If they decide there
needs to be a left handed mode (which no other mobile OS offers), then they
will surely tell the devs to implement it.


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Zisu Andrei <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think the launcher is going to be a bit difficult to reach with your
> thumb.
>
> Zisu Andrei
>
>
> On 13 June 2013 15:15, Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'm not left handed, but as gestures are coming equally from all sides of
>> the display I don't think there is any special inconvenience for left
>> handed people versus right handed people. A quick test shows I don't seem
>> to have any trouble controlling the regions of the screen that Ubuntu touch
>> uses, whether with my left or right hand. What issues are you concerned
>> about, specifically? and how is it right hand oriented?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Josh
>> On Jun 13, 2013 9:12 AM, "Zisu Andrei" <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hey guys,
>>>
>>> This issue was raised on the omgubuntu article about the latest preview.
>>>
>>> I haven't seen this tackled by the design team. What is the plan for
>>> left handed usage?
>>>
>>> The current design is pretty much right hand oriented.
>>>
>>> Zisu Andrei
>>>
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-- 
Sincerely,
    Josh