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Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen?

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad, free.usenet, free.spirit
Subject Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen?
Date 2014-05-20 16:20 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <200520141620542648%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <llg74d$bq3$2@dont-email.me> <200520141531495967%nospam@nospam.invalid> <llgb64$b7r$2@dont-email.me> <200520141546429544%nospam@nospam.invalid> <llgcet$b7r$5@dont-email.me>

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In article <llgcet$b7r$5@dont-email.me>, John Doe
<jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:

> > if you want to split the tablet gui to have only the keyboard on
> > the tablet with its interface on the external display, 
> 
> A keyboard and a touchpad. 
> 
> > then no you can't. that would be a very odd way to use a touch
> > based device. 
> 
> Only if you have a closed mind. 

a tablet ui is designed for touch, not keyboard & mouse/trackpad

touch interfaces don't have cursors, so there is no need for a touchpad
unless you are using remote desktop to a mac/windows system. since you
say that's not what you want to do then no trackpad is needed.

also, with a split interface, you won't know where to touch because the
content will be on the big display, not the tablet.

some tablet apps can drive an external display with different content
than what's on the tablet itself. a keyboard could appear on the tablet
only and not affect what's on the external display, however, that's up
to individual apps, when it makes sense. most of the time it doesn't.

> You could have the whole tablet touchscreen as a keyboard and
> simultaneously use it as a very large touchpad, simply by toggling
> between one and the other. Or you could divide it into two parts,
> touchpad and keyboard. 

and how is this better than using a normal keyboard and mouse/trackpad?
they make bluetooth keyboards and trackpads. use those.

what problem are you trying to solve?

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Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 18:20 +0000
  Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-20 14:22 -0400
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 18:32 +0000
      Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-20 15:31 -0400
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 19:41 +0000
          Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-20 15:46 -0400
            Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 20:03 +0000
              Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-20 16:20 -0400
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 20:40 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 20:56 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 22:10 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 15:15 -0700
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 22:20 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 15:52 -0700
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 22:58 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 16:05 -0700
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 23:16 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 00:17 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 00:17 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 00:37 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Neil Ellwood <niel.elllwood2@btinternet.com> - 2014-05-21 03:32 -0500
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 10:57 +0000
      Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-21 09:00 +1200
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 14:53 -0700
          Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 15:00 -0700
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 22:18 +0000
          Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-21 13:31 +1200
            Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 02:35 +0000
              Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 19:52 -0700
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 02:54 +0000
  Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 18:56 +0000
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 19:25 +0000
  Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2014-05-20 20:23 +0100
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 19:34 +0000
      Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-20 15:37 -0400
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 19:45 +0000
          Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-20 15:46 -0400
            Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 19:57 +0000
              Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-20 16:20 -0400
              Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 14:24 -0700
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 22:23 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 15:59 -0700
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 23:18 +0000
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 16:29 -0700
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Poutnik <poutnik@privacy.invalid> - 2014-05-21 06:55 +0200
                Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 10:59 +0000
            Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 14:22 -0700
              Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-21 10:20 +0100
  Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 13:50 -0700
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 20:59 +0000
      Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-20 22:19 +0000
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 00:18 +0000
          Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 00:34 +0000
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 14:30 -0700
  Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 01:06 +0000
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 01:13 +0000
      Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 01:23 +0000
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 18:32 -0700
      Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 01:35 +0000
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 19:05 -0700
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 02:16 +0000
          Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-20 19:43 -0700
            Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 02:52 +0000
  Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2014-05-21 20:01 +1000
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 11:17 +0000
      Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-21 06:49 -0700
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 15:30 +0000
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 20:32 +0000
          Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-21 17:38 -0700
            Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-22 01:43 +0000
      Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-05-21 07:32 -0700
        Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> - 2014-05-21 15:38 +0000
  Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? Alan Meyer <ameyer2@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-19 19:29 -0400
    Re: Tablet as touchpad while showing tablet GUI on big screen? John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2014-06-20 00:11 +0000

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