Sv: Touch UI

[Pawel Salek <pawsa0 gmail com>]

Den 07.06.2016 18:21:37 skrev Peter Bloomfield:
> Hi Jack:
>
> On 06/07/2016 11:53:28 AM Tue, Jack wrote:
> > On 2016.06.07 11:20, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> > > In the spirit of cleaning up the code tree, I propose to remove the  
> > > --enable-touch-ui configuration option. Exercising it has broken  
> > > the build for a long time, so it seems to have no current value.
> >
> > What, if any, is the potential use of the code?  For example, if  
> > someone were interested in attempting to port Balsa to Android,  
> > would that code be of any use, or would it require a fresh start?   
> > (Although I do have an interest, I have no experience with  
> > developing for Android, so I don't know how much of the code needs  
> > to be different from the base Linux/Posix code.)  I know there are  
> > folks running various Linux distributions on tablets - might it be  
> > of any use there, or would a cleanup and fresh start still be the  
> > better option?
>
> I haven't used Balsa with a touch-screen, so I don't have any  
> thoughts about what would need to be changed to improve the  
> experience. The touch-ui effort began inn 2004; see the threads  
> <URL:https://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2004-June/msg00063.html>  
> and  
> <URL:https://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2004-July/msg00096.html>.  
> My guess is that the target devices would be quite different now, and  
> a fresh start would be needed.

UI-wise, --enable-touch-ui was about:

a. using the screen more efficiently (small screens).
b. working towards single-window interface (less popups etc).
c. making more actions accessible by touching and pointing as opposed  
to keyboard.

This code is probably dead now.

/Pawel