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[Dinko Osmankovic <dinko.metalac@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the best thing for desktop is to put everything from toolbars to
the global menu. It's quite visible there.
On 14 Jul 2013 20:03, "Zisu Andrei" <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That is why I think that it is best to look at options that just look at
>> the screen. But I am sure that there is flaws in my ideas there always is :
>> )
>
> I can't remember if it was a vUDS or here on the mailing lists, but there
> was a discussion about that. The "options" method was preffered.
>
> Zisu Andrei
>
>
> On 14 July 2013 18:45, Joseph Mills <josephjamesmills@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Sorry I did not read this before the last message that I posted.  The
>> only thing that I see wrong with what you are talking about is the Mouse
>> stuff.  What If I have a mouse attached to a phone ? That is why I think
>> that it is best to look at options that just look at the screen. But I am
>> sure that there is flaws in my ideas there always is : ) . at any rate
>> something needs to be done about the form-factor thingy.  have a good one.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Martin Kaistra <admin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 14.07.2013 18:57, schrieb Joseph Mills:
>>> >
>>> > Yeah that is what I meant swipe is not ideal for desktops or anything
>>> > that uses a mouse. As far as things having labels on them ie phone
>>> > core apps. I don't think that that should matter the programmer should
>>> > have a way to say if desktop use this else do this. It down not matter
>>> > what the platform what matters is it does what the end user wants it
>>> > to do. Not my personal feelings and again they don't matter. But a
>>> > simple thing like
>>> > If (Qt.platform ==== "Linux") do this or some sorta bool option that a
>>> > Dev can use. Maybe a c++ dbus plugin that says what kinda device it
>>> > is. There are many options. The import part of all this IMHO (again
>>> > does not matter) is that nothing gets locked into one thing. What if I
>>> > want to run this on desktop TV toaster oven that is my choice as a end
>>> > user.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> My understanding was that as part of the convergence you can choose your
>>> layout based not only on screen size but also depending on the input
>>> devices available. The toolbar and other SDK components though should
>>> behave differently automatically when there is a mouse available.
>>>
>>> martin
>>>
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