Originally Posted by nthn

Besides, as I said, there are other things than that pinch-to-zoom stuff that you would use multitouch for. Holding the Shift key on the keyboard, for example.

Originally Posted by nthn

Did you even read literally the next sentence I wrote?

"You could put buttons in there to zoom in/out, but then why are you using Sailfish?"

Originally Posted by javispedro

Finesketch is just a quick demo of what can be done using Gato; I do not plan to develop it further at the moment. Making a full fledged note taking program is way too much UI work for my liking...

I'm a stylus fan though so I would be interested in such a program if someone does it.


The part where you translate the touchscreen inputs in the Jolla to a computer screen is not trivial, but it is straightforward.

The problem is the stylus. Specially if you want a "fine tip" stylus like the one on my video.

First and foremost -- a "fine tip" capacitive stylus's never going to be as precise as a true drawing tablet. Estel is right, the technology so far cannot compete with a good resistive or active/magnetic screen. You will see curves being "straightened", missing segments, and other glitches, specially when starting/ending strokes.

If you're looking for a "cheap wacom/cintiq" then my suggestion is to look elsewhere since you will be _severely_ disappointed with capacitive screens (e.g. jPad, iPad, even the Tegra Note; only NTrig seems to have been able to workaround issues with capacitive, and it seems that's because they use some kind of optical sensing technobabble).

I see that you've used an iPad as "drawing tablet". Which stylus did you use? Where those OK for you?

Second -- how good a capacitive stylus works on the "jPad" depends on how sensitive the touchscreen it uses is. Example.
And the only way I know to check that is to... try it.
Maybe some sailor with a jPad proto can check that for us (or, I can take my Adonit Jot Script to FOSDEM...).
Cause if the sensitivity is not enough, then there's not much one can do. You will have to do with the usual "fat tip" stylus...

On some touchscreens you can actually adjust the sensitivity. But even if it's possible, I don't know how

Assuming the capacitive stylus part works, then you only need Bluetooth for e.g. pressure sensitivity, and to distinguish between finger presses and stylus touches (but this is entirely optional).
In the Adonit, Bluetooth is also used to fix an offset that appears when you tilt the stylus.

Originally Posted by pichlo

I would LOVE to see that implemented on Sailfish.

Originally Posted by pichlo

I would LOVE to see that implemented on Sailfish. Even better, Ctrl. Then I would finally be able to post to TMO naturally, selecting and highlighting the text, without having to type "opening bracket-b-closing bracket-LOVE-opening bracket-slash-b-closing bracket" by hand.

Originally Posted by peterleinchen

And furthermore I would like to know how you guys are able to post here on TMO with a stock Jolla phone at all?
It is much worse than on stock N9.
And absolutely not comparable to N900.

Originally Posted by peterleinchen

I need Shift (okay), then Ctrl and most needed arrow keys. On a stock vkb, no need for any hacks! A vkb that on popping up not covering the area I want to write!
Why is that so hard?

Ah and as Dave says where is copy/paste? (even that I had on my 2001 Siemens S25)