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[Rasmus Eneman <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Why would that be useful?
Because you are still interacting with it like a tablet, with touch.
Advanced interfaces like LibreOffice or Eclipse wouldn't work
not because of the screen size but because of the input type.
And if you wants to use desktop applications, why wouldn't
you just use the desktop interface? The applications wouldn't
be easier to interact with just because the interface of the
desktop manager were fitted for touch.

OSK is worthless for programming or writing documents, even if the
screen is 20".

You can't just add in multi-windows and totally change how you would
interact with the only argument being "It's BIG!". The input is still as
equally limited and broken for desktop interfaces.

And no, in isn't Windows 8 all over again. Windows 8 is putting a tablet
interface on the desktop. Unity is putting a tablet interface on a tablet
and
a desktop interface on a desktop.

Without writing usecases for massive changes you are doing changes
for the sake of changing stuff, probably to the worse. Before you go in
and totally change how one interface would work you need to have a
very clear plan of what you are doing and why you are doing that.
The latter part of that is why use cases would need to be written.


2013/7/20 Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>

> On a large display, there is very rarely enough content to use the whole
> screen. If you're using a 20" tablet, it's not for pleasure. It needs to
> use multiple windows. This applies to the keyboard as well. The keyboard
> would be too large to type on if you just stretched it out to a 20" screen.
> Why do you need to write a use case? This use case is plainly obvious. It
> would be wasteful to only allow one application on the screen at a time for
> large screens. Even the side stage isn't enough. It would be Windows 8 all
> over again to do that. Besides, we need to support the legacy applications
> like LibreOffice, and Eclipse.
>
> Why do you want a single application to fill the whole screen at all
> times? Why would that be useful?
> On Jul 20, 2013 4:50 PM, "Rasmus Eneman" <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The thing is, when you are using a tablet inteface. How would you
>> intercat with multiple windows?
>> We shouldn't add features just for the sake of features, if so we would
>> still be using the terminal
>> only as it's the only (yet?) invented interface that can do anything. We
>> don't want that
>> we want an interface that simple and easy to navigate if it looks good
>> that would be a bonus.
>> To do this we have to say, "this feature should be in because it's needed
>> and works". Not just
>> "this feature looks cool, lets add it".
>>
>> Could someone write some good use cases for a multi window/more advanced
>> side stage?
>>
>>
>> 2013/7/20 Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> I still don't understand. Why do you want to go into tablet mode, since
>>> that only means everything is fullscreen, as far as we know. You can still
>>> maximize things and then they're essentially fullscreen, if that's what you
>>> want, but realistically.. why would you on a large screen?
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Josh
>>> On Jul 20, 2013 1:49 PM, "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hmm, I believe we need to think more about the applications and
>>>> connected peripherals, than the desktop itself.
>>>>
>>>> On the ASUS Transformer AiO, when the screen gets detached, it surely
>>>> becomes a big Tablet.
>>>>
>>>> So, I assume it will go from desktop mode to tablet mode (with probably
>>>> a possibility of manual override).
>>>>
>>>> In such big tablet form factors I see the usefulness of multi-window,
>>>> re-sizing or a more feature-rich side stage being introduced to the touch
>>>> environment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:30:11 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Multi-window support ?
>>>> From: coder543@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> What is the difference? We really don't know what unity 8 for the
>>>> desktop looks like. But, based on logical induction, the only significant
>>>> difference is that you can move things around and resize them as windows in
>>>> one, and they're all fullscreen in the other. You can still run the same
>>>> apps in desktop mode as in tablet mode, but more applications might be
>>>> available to desktop mode.
>>>>
>>>> This isn't Windows. Canonical is striving towards Unity. Microsoft
>>>> chose a divided approach, with clear separation between desktop and tablet.
>>>> On Jul 19, 2013 11:16 PM, "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >A 20" screen definitely qualifies for desktop mode. I don't think it
>>>> would be running tablet style at that point.
>>>>
>>>> Then, I wonder what would be the case study for the ASUS Transformer
>>>> AiO.
>>>>
>>>> Just desktop mode?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hUPWgLXMBY
>>>>
>>>> http://www.asus.com/AllinOne_PCs/ASUS_Transformer_AiO_P1801/
>>>>
>>>>
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