GSOC project updates

[Lubomir I. Ivanov]

On 28 July 2014 19:22, Anton Lundin <glance at acc.umu.se> wrote:
> On 28 July, 2014 - Lubomir I. Ivanov wrote:
>
>> On 28 July 2014 19:03, Anton Lundin <glance at acc.umu.se> wrote:
>> > Just a note here from how we thought.
>> >
>> > The scope of this GSOC project is to produce a usable downloader app
>> > for android and one pre-req for that is a usable touch friendly ui.
>> >
>> > The current Android port of subsurface is unusable as a ui, but it
>> > works as a technical product. It needs a better ui for touch.
>> >
>>
>> i haven't followed previous discussions; can you elaborate on why it's unusable?
>> is it more of a cosmetic issue or perhaps QWidget based things like
>> QTreeView (divelist) do not work at all?
>>
>
> Try hitting a 1x1 mm checkbox with your finger.
>

well if "hitting" is possible in the first place (e.g. there is a
touch layer), there are styles to increase the size of checkbox on a
specific platform.

> The current ui is build to interact with via mouse and keyboard. I've
> used it with a mouse on my Nexus 5, but i won't bring a bluetooth mouse
> on my diving trips just so i can use my android phone to download dives
> with.
>
> Our current ui is a desktop ui, not a touch ui, thus we need a better ui
> anyway to make it usable on touch devices.
>

indeed it is, i just wonder if it can be styled to work on both
desktop and mobile instead of creating a new UI stack.

lubomir
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