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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

In which case they probably ought not to be using the netbook remix
version. The standard desktop is probably going to suit their needs
better, with just the custom launcher menu.

On Apr 28, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Diego Moya <turingt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 28 April 2010 08:24, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>> On 28/04/10 14:21, Diego Moya wrote:
>>> How is this expected to work on touchscreens, where the pointing
>>> device lacks a real mouseover action? Will it rely on a hard key
>>> being
>>> available?
>> In cases where the touch screen is supplementary (i.e., you have a
>> notebook, with mouse and keyboard *and* touch screen), folks will use
>> the keyboard or mouse when using the menu.
>
> Notebooks don't always have a mouse connected, and then you won't take
> advantage of the touch screen? My point is that the design should
> degrade gracefully to be usable for basic cases and take advantage of
> the available input devices, even if their exact features vary
> slightly (i.e. mouse versus stylus pointing).
>
> I'm thinking more of tablet-like smartphones and notebooks with a
> sliding, detachable or bluetooth keyboard, which is available for
> advanced use cases but shouldn't be relied upon for the basic
> interaction idioms.
>
> This strategy would also be great for accessibility. Think people with
> disabilities using non-standard pointing devices. A design whose basic
> idioms are suitable for touch-screen only would be easier to adapt to
> the needs of their environment than one that depends on the more
> powerful mouse interactions.
>
>
>>
>> In pure-touch cases (like tablets) we would not recommend using apps
>> which require the use of traditional menus at all.
>
>
> What is the planned scope for Ubuntu mobile? This sound as if you're
> planning to support only netbooks in your mobile platform, and maybe
> have a different environment for tablets with applications
> specifically tailored to mobile usage. With no accommodation for
> applications migrated from the desktop. Are you not looking for a
> design that would scale to work on both environments, with or without
> mouse-and-keyboard?
>
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