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Message #10591
Re: Plans for early development of Convergence/Desktop Mode
Hi,
If I'll install vivid now which reps I need to add to test mir+windowing on a pc?
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Thanks,
Timo Leppiniemi
> On 24.11.2014, at 17.55, Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 24.11.2014 16:45, Kevin Gunn wrote:
>> ....but please feel free to hangout in #ubuntu-mir & #ununtu-freenode.
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> That should probably have been #ubuntu-mir and #ubuntu-unity on freenode :)
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>> As and when things develop we certainly welcome the interaction.
> I second that, as bits and pieces land you can follow progress and give feedback.
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> Cheers,
> Michael
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>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Michael Zanetti
>> <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi,
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>>> On 24.11.2014 04:54, nick luigi eusebio wrote:
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>>> 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 :)
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>>>
>>> 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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