Need a couple of volunteers (was: Re: TokamakIV update)

Alexis Ménard menard at kde.org
Tue Jan 12 19:23:55 CET 2010


On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Marco Martin <notmart at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 January 2010, Nuno Pinheiro wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 12 de January de 2010 17:44:39 Marco Martin wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 12 January 2010, Nuno Pinheiro wrote:
>> > > On Tuesday, 12 de January de 2010 15:32:44 Marco Martin wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I have been lately playing around with alot of UI/design in touch small
>> > > screen oriented devices, so I would be interested..
>> > >
>> > > the N900 still has not made it here so Im playing with printed versions
>> > >
>> > > :D (actual paper printed versions its pretty fun)
>> >
>> > will install gwenview too on it so :D
>> > ah, and that one is 800x480 too, so no need to make two versions of the
>> > mockups ;)
>>
>> but i bet the screen is bigger that the n900, the n900 poses alot of
>> interesting issues because the dpi is huge, Touch based devices are really
>> interesting  as besides the usual "how many pixels do i have" problem other
>> problems rise up as "this clicable area must be as big as my fingertip", so
>> there we go back to the real size based design vs the pixel based design,
>> and the complete custom design for each device.
>>
>> Interesting stuff :D
>
> yeah, the thing looks like a slighty bigger n810 and has already much higher
> dpi that the usual 96 of the desktop (fonts are huuuuge there ;))
>
>> > > > Hi all,
>> > > > Since a couple of days i had the occasion playing aroung with a neat
>> > > > mobile device by Intel. I think it's a good development platform to
>> > > > get
>> > > >
>> > > >  plasma-mobile started since is basicaly a pc (tough only slightly
>> > > >
>> > > > bigger than an n810) so getting things to run on it is really easy.
>> > > >
>> > > > Now since i had green light to ask this, (i know that's a rethorical
>> > > >
>> > > >  question since i know everybody here loves this stuff ;p) if i can
>> > > >  get at least two people that will be interested working on them
>> > > >  during Tokamak i think i can make them lending us two more devices,
>> > > >  so there will be enough to experiment for some people.
>> > > >
>> > > > then of course they don't have to do that all the time, we just have
>> > > > to
>> > > >
>> > > >  make sure they'll be put in good use.
>> > > >
>> > > > who raises hand? :)
>> > > >
>> > > > cheers,
>> > > > Marco Martin
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I'm looking forward to work with you on mockup Nuno so we can
implement something there. I always lack proper graphic resources when
hacking.

/me is dreaming to be a designer.....


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