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Originally Posted by n800 View Post
Along with 'great', I think 'overdue' should apply to your choice for a blog topic!

An item I hope you address sometime, is the concept of UI 'modes'. I don't know the official names, but if I mention 'stylus', 'finger' or 'button', I think most tablet users know what I mean.

I'm familiar with one discussion of UI modes, that arose in a thread about runaway scrolling when using the d-pad button (which I just found a workaround for: I turned images off in the browser to reduce the cpu load).

Personally, I've never touched the screen with my finger, except accidently. Sometimes I would like to use just the buttons, since it only requires one hand, but that's frequently nott possible.
We could write about those modes, but if you want to see how it's to be done properly, I'd suggest a visit to OpenMoko. Their UI specifically supports different interaction modes, up to and including writing applets/applications for one specific input mode.

OpenMoko is maturing really slowly, but, in view of the attention the developers are giving to their baby, it will almost certainly be worth the wait.
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