[LAU] Just got Android tablet for Christmas

[david]

On 12/18/2014 03:09 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Set Hallström <sakrecoer at gmail.com
> <mailto:sakrecoer at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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?
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> 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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