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Re: Need your opinion on PadKite, the first multitouch mobile mouse...shoot

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Post by revorad »

JoseVigil wrote: post #30
revorad wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok I just watched all of your demo videos again. Like others have pointed out, this is for power users. The basic usage is complex enough, you have a TON of other features. A good demo video of someone using an app in an everyday situation, clearly showing them holding the phone in one hand (not keeping it on a table), will really help showcase padkite's power. You've clearly built some amazing tech, but you need to…

Hi revorad, Absolutely right about the video with the showcase. We are already working on a new script for it. These are the things that we will take care of before we launch. Thanks lot for the comment. As regarding the game, I have already thought that but its a very drafted idea yet. I think this type of HTML game could help http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/ball_pool/ We will also put more tiny links o…

That game is awesome!

Please keep us posted. Never fall off the radar, make some noise. Break a leg.

Re: Need your opinion on PadKite, the first multitouch mobile mouse...shoot

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Post by mhiceoin »

JoseVigil wrote: post #24
Anm wrote: post #23

I agree with zachrose, but that doesn't mean there isn't a market for power users who will appreciate this work. My concern is that the primary multi-touch gestures choosen are two handed. Unlike pinch, stretch, and swipe, holding onw finger in place while you begin another gesture require more coordination than most people can do with one hand. In my mind, this leaves it out of the realm of phone-sized devices on th…

Hi Anm, Years of work worth reading your feedback, appreciate very much. I am very interested what you say here: "My concern is that the primary multi-touch gestures chosen are two handed.". I think that ultimately there will have to be a standard for handed, but an evolved set of gestures. I am working on that, you know why? I strongly believe that there has to be a balance in terms of handed gestures to execute on…

"As an example we created the Twitter peak ">" gesture cause is fast and symbolic."

That is a problem though. It is neither fast or symbolic if you do not know it already or you have forgotten it.

What if this app had been out a long time ago and f was the gesture for Friendster?

What about a single gesture that brings up a list of actions, a further click then allows the user to post to facebook, tweet, email, or, Google it, etc.

Re: Need your opinion on PadKite, the first multitouch mobile mouse...shoot

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Post by Entlin »

darren_ wrote: post #14

It looks fiddly for constant use, but if it were toggleable, provided it's quick to invoke (and difficult to accidentally invoke) it'd be great for the situations where small links are a pain. Note that in this case it has to be less effort to invoke than a zoom action. I'm not sure how much people hate animated gifs but you might want to consider adding a larger one, because I didn't get how the basic operation of t…

I have never had a problem with small links. iPhone user here. I can reliably hit a 3x10 pixel area on the 3GS.

Maybe PadKite is a solution to sub-par touch sensor performance on some Android devices, as shown here:

http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-do-the-smartphones-rank-in-ter...

Re: Need your opinion on PadKite, the first multitouch mobile mouse...shoot

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Post by schultzi »

Entlin wrote: post #33
darren_ wrote: post #14

It looks fiddly for constant use, but if it were toggleable, provided it's quick to invoke (and difficult to accidentally invoke) it'd be great for the situations where small links are a pain. Note that in this case it has to be less effort to invoke than a zoom action. I'm not sure how much people hate animated gifs but you might want to consider adding a larger one, because I didn't get how the basic operation of t…

I have never had a problem with small links. iPhone user here. I can reliably hit a 3x10 pixel area on the 3GS. Maybe PadKite is a solution to sub-par touch sensor performance on some Android devices, as shown here: http://www.gadgetsdna.com/how-do-the-smartphones-rank-in-ter...

I can't count how many times a day I misclick on my Galaxy S or on my old G1, despite my skeleton fingers. You must be right, as I've never had that problem on any generation iPhone.

Re: Need your opinion on PadKite, the first multitouch mobile mouse...shoot

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Post by pedalpete »

JoseVigil wrote: post #16
pedalpete wrote: post #10

I really like the idea, but it seems from the video that the cursor is really quite a distance from the users finger. I agree that we may want a small degree of improvement, but I think it is important to keep the simplicity of touch. Can you maybe give some insight into why you decided to have such a large distance from the users finger to the cursor? as opposed to just having a cursor be an pointy extension to our…

Hi pedalpete, BTW, the video is a spot and not meant to be accurate but highly communicative. We did that to make it wide opened to all sizes. We thought that the user was the one who should decide, therefore the opened distance. After using the mouse a couple of times, the user should adjust the finger to the best distance according to his/her size. Now a very big finger fit and a small one too. In the future you wi…

I couldn't have asked for a better answer. Thanks for explaining that. I assumed you wouldn't have gone through all the work without dealing with that issue, and was curious behind the reasoning.
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