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[Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 24.11.2014 04:54, nick luigi eusebio wrote:
> I just saw an alpha of windowing in Unity 8 for Desktop and also 
> recently, developers are already seeking help for testing the full 
> shell rotation for Unity 8. I'm really getting excited and would like 
> to know if there are already plans for the switching of Phone/Tablet 
> UI to Desktop Mode when connecting to a monitor? Especially the 
> devices planned to be supported while developing it. I have a Nexus 7 
> 2013 and I bought a SlimPort just to be ready. Keyboard is already 
> working and mouse works but without a cursor. I'm willing to buy a 
>  bluetooth mouse and keyboard if ever it will be confirmed to be 
> supported :)

There are definitely plans. However, it's still a long way to get there. 
As you've seen, we started the work on the desktop mode now. Keeping the 
convergence goal in mind we'll work towards that but I can't give any 
dates on when it will be ready for testing.

Stay tuned,
Michael