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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree on some of your points, but then again, the OP has stated that
a better on-screen keyboard is a must have for Ubuntu on any
touchscreen.

Currently, all of the on-screen keyboard utilities are aimed at a11y
folks, which is fine, but what we need is an on-demand keyboard that
always runs in the background, automatically pops up when focus is
placed on a text field, then automatically dismisses itself when that
focus is lost.

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:40, Henri Sundelin <henri.sundelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> A couple of comments:
>
> I'm not sure if the right approach is to copy _everything from other tablet
> platforms. Fullscreen interface is one of those features I'm not so sure
> about.
>
> This is because I see Ubuntu tablet as a device somewhere between a
> full-blown tablet and a desktop. I myself like the possibility to use the
> same device on road (or on sofa), and take it to work next morning - put it
> to a dock and do work with keyboard & stuff. Is this case, the multitouch
> screen gives some new ui possibilities - funnily I have lately found myself
> poking the desktop's screen also...:)
>
> I think there could be approach to do both:
> - Make sure all apps behave nice fullscreen
> - Have option to auto full screen apps when using as tablet
> - Unity multitouch gestures should in any case make it easy to work with
> many windows. In addition to that I'd really like to see gestures work
> switching through virtual desktops (ie one app/screen line Meego/Harmattan
> has)
>
> //HS
>
>
> On 26 Mar 2012, at 00:41, Николай Шатохин wrote:
>
> I hope Ubuntu Tablet will have a better interface. Multiwindow interface is
> inconvinient on Tablets. Better is signlewindow interface with convinient
> switcher between windows.
>
>
> 2012/3/23 Henri Sundelin <henri.sundelin@xxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As I begun using my new tablet, I became more and more frustrated with the
>> on screen keyboards currently available. The main issue is that keyboard
>> “floats” on the screen, and typically bounces around the screen depending
>> where you’re writing (unless you actually fix it to the screen, which IMHO
>> sucks even more).
>>
>> This is something that Apple, Android, Nokia et al really do way better –
>> the existing Linux solutions are just conceptual copies of similarly poor
>> Windows solutions.
>>
>> One of the things I like in the iPad is that the keyboard pops always up
>> from the bottom to the same full-width place – this enables you to lay your
>> hands on the table and type. Good luck trying that on a “floating” keyboard.
>> So, I thought I had to come up with something, at least in my opinion,
>> better.
>>
>> In short, this is what I did:
>>
>> - I modified Onboard so that it always keeps at bottom at the same place,
>> as wide as possible.
>> - Auto-hide works as originally, utilizing at-spi
>> - If editable field would be behind keyboard, we signal Compiz to move
>> that window up so we can see what we edit.
>> - After editing – or moving to different field, we restore previous window
>> positions
>>
>> Here is a video file on how it works:
>>
>> http://users.tkk.fi/u/hsundeli/onboard_compiz.webm
>>
>> (framerate really sucks, but thats all the tablet can give.. key point
>> here is that I’m not moving any windows, just changing the focus.)
>>
>> Technically, Onboard sends dbus messages to Compiz’s dbus & put plugins.
>> Onboard stores state for what has been moved.
>>
>> I guess this solution is bit more “integrated” that what Linux community
>> is used to, but that is how it has to be if a better user experience is to
>> be desired. I have no idea if this is even possible in say Unity 2D.
>>
>> Code-wise I’m pondering what to do next – depends on what people think.
>> Either make this a Onboard fork or merge to Onboard capabilities if there is
>> sufficient interest..
>>
>> Cheers,
>> //HS
>>
>>
>>
>>
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