Kontact Touch on N9

Laszlo Papp lpapp at kde.org
Tue Aug 23 13:39:52 UTC 2011


Hi,

>> VKB is an
>> exception, and it was fiercely discussed even (It is intentional why
>> we do not advertise how to sidestep swipe gesture).
>
> I am actually a bit disappointed that the N9 UI guidelines and the UI itselve
> (as far as I read, experienced and understood it) has taken powerful swipe-
> over-the-border gesture totally for controlling top-level functions of the
> device. This actually is a pitty, because it crops the room for applications
> dramatically - as we can see with Kontact Touch. That fact that Nokia had to
> break the principle themselves nicely demonstrates this fact.

I understand if the people feel frustrated about that. Unfortunately
the reason why VKB breaks the swipe UX is under NDA. :(

Best Regards,
Laszlo Papp


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