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[Chris <cyber.druif@xxxxxxxxx>]

That is dependent of the bevel, which could be annoyingly sticking out like
on the Samsung Galaxy S. Or if you've got a rugged back which could have
corners to have it just off the table. By the way, I think they use
proximity sensors to enable that, not the gyro sensors.

With metta, Chris
On Mar 31, 2012 7:22 AM, "satchitb@xxxxxxxxx" <satchitb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wait, you want to *encourage* people to put their tablets face-down? In
> the absence of some kind of protective cover, that is disastrous!
>
> On 31 March 2012 01:17, Henri Sundelin <henri.sundelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I agree on that, it is much easier to imagine such gestures with the
>> phone. Nokia's only current Linux phone, the N9 does that silencing stuff
>> as well.
>>
>> For tablet, for example switching virtual screen by tapping the tablet
>> sides is kinda fun. I could also imagine if I'd but it face down on a table
>> it could go to sleep.
>>
>> Thing I'm most concerned is the rude fact that this _must be fixed in the
>> kernel, current situation is that you have to do device detection in user
>> space, and attach to wildly different api:s. The nice ones have human
>> readable stuff over sysfs, others are binary..... So this has to be
>> rationalized.
>>
>> Other fact is that "phone people" are the ones with the dough, at least
>> for the moment. That might create some pull.
>>
>> //HS
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30 Mar 2012, at 22:34, Ian Santopietro wrote:
>>
>> > Some of this would be arguably more useful on Ubuntu Phone; some
>> > Android phones have the option to silence the audio when they're put
>> > down face down (I know HTC do, and I remember having a Motorola that
>> > did as well).
>> >
>> > There's a got lot of potential for these too, like muting the ringer
>> > while it's sounding if you nudge the phone. Activating the camera
>> > flash when shaken at the lock screen to act as a flashlight. That sort
>> > of thing. But a lot of these have more use on a phone rather than a
>> > tablet. I'm not saying they couldn't still function normally on a
>> > tablet, it's just I don't see it ringing often, if you know what I
>> > mean.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:04, Henri Sundelin <henri.sundelin@xxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> You might know the iPad has "shake-to-undo" gesture. I've been
>> thinking that we should be able do at least similar, maybe lots better!
>> >>
>> >> We could have many kinds of gestures based on movement & position:
>> >> - shaking
>> >> - pick device up
>> >> - putting it down
>> >> - putting it down face down
>> >> - nudging from sides
>> >> - and lots more..
>> >>
>> >> I think this might have a good potential on enhancing the user
>> experience, if it would be properly integrated to Unity etc.
>> >>
>> >> I did some quick checking, there is some academic research on the
>> subject, and I believe this could catch on quickly if done properly and
>> generally enough. I thing the research activities could be a good starting
>> point to generalize the API and have a good library, maybe someway related
>> to uTouch stuff.
>> >>
>> >> There is however a big technical challenge on Linux kernel side. There
>> is none whatsoever standardized interface to
>> accelerometers/gyros/magnetometers etc. All the drivers are all around the
>> kernel, some in hwmon stuff, some in someplace else. It probably needs a
>> new input device -like category. This means lots of work, but IMHO it has
>> to be done in any case sooner or later.
>> >>
>> >> This topic is kinda multi-disciplinary - at least tablets & other
>> mobile devices (Ubuntu phone, anyone?). Maybe table/mobile side could be a
>> driver for this kind of activity. But please forward to who/wherever this
>> may concern!
>> >>
>> >> //HS
>> >>
>> >>
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