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

From	John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.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	2014-05-21 15:38 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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"TO USE AIR KEYBOARD YOU HAVE TO INSTALL A SERVER-SIDE PROGRAM ON 
YOUR COMPUTER" 

EVEN AFTER IT HAS BEEN SPELLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES, THIS INCESSANT
TROLL (ACTS LIKE IT) STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE SUBJECT IS ABOUT... 

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> On 2014-05-21 11:17:18 +0000, John Doe <jdoe usenetlove.invalid> said:
> 
>> No, I'm not talking about using the tablet as an input device for
>> a computer. I'm talking about using the tablet with a big monitor,
>> no other computer involved.
>> 
>> The usefulness of what I'm talking about has become more clear
>> thanks to one naysayer's reply pointing out the simple fact that
>> even when your tablet is connected to a big monitor, you still
>> must keep your eye on the small tablet screen when clumsily
>> tapping. That's because there is no pointer showing on the
>> monitor, there is no way to know where your touch input will occur
>> without looking at the small tablet screen.
>> 
>> For that reason alone, obviously using the tablet screen as a
>> touchpad (with the touchpad pointer showing on the monitor) when
>> the tablet is connected to a big monitor would be much better than
>> the way it is simply mirroring the tablet output on the monitor.
> 
> Air Keyboard does just that.
> < http://www.airkeyboardapp.com >
> ...and it can give you a large handheld touchpad.
> < 
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/Photo%20May%2021,%207%2015%2001%20AM.png 
>>
> 
>> Also useful would be tapping someplace on the tablet screen to
>> momentarily replace the touchpad with a virtual keyboard.
> 
> Air Keyboard does just that.
> < 
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/Photo%20May%2020,%206%2048%2050%20PM.png 
>>
> It even lets you switch to control a specific app such as Photoshop.
> < 
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/Photo%20May%2021,%207%2026%2041%20AM.png 
>>
> < 
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/Photo%20May%2020,%206%2056%2050%20PM.png 
>>
> 
>> Or...
>> Being able to resize the touchpad showing on the tablet screen and
>> maybe simultaneously showing a keyboard (of course without showing
>> the keyboard on the monitor).
> 
> Air Keyboard doesn't do that.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Savageduck
> 
>

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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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