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Re: Plans for early development of Convergence/Desktop Mode

 

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As and when things develop we certainly welcome the interaction.

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Michael Zanetti
<michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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