On 12/18/2014 03:09 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Set Hallström <sakrecoer(a)gmail.com
<mailto:sakrecoer@gmail.com>> wrote:
I have a hard time understanding why a tablet need to be approached
so much differently than computers. Alright, the interface is
different.... but what else? Can someone explain to me?
in most GUI software the "interface" (mapping between model state, user
input and visual presentation) is the majority of the code. Changing the
interface isn't a detail, it's everything. Tablets have (a) no keyboard
Hmm, yet there are millions of keyboards available for them.
(b) no concept of pointer motion without a drag (c) no
concept of hover
That's true of all touch interfaces.
(d) much less screen real estate
Much more mobility.
(e) multitouch (in some cases, at least).
In pretty much every case now.
that is enough of a set of changes that any desktop
application
which took advantage of some of the scale of a desktop system will
likely need to be reconceived fairly deeply.
The UI would need to be reconceived. Which it should, since touch screen
is a different way of interacting with software. But I'd think a
properly-structured application has the UI and backend components
properly separated. So the same backend can be controlled via different
front ends.
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