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r28798 adds initial gesture support for Windows 7. Currently just panning in lists and panels.
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I would like to say this os very good work. Thank you guys.
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Remember there is both Single touch and multi touch. Single touch is the most common at the moment. A good guide would be that you should be able to do every thing in the skin with the left mouse button - if you can test on a touch screen. Things needs to be a bit more "bold" - like the scrollbar on your screenshots...'i think that needs to be a bit wider. The buttons on the bottom and the sides - dont place them to close together and make them bigger. Menus and dialogs (like settings in the dvd palyer) needs to be closeable (it is not on Rapier which my kids are using a single touch screen with today)
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I guess the size of things really all comes down to how big the screen is.
And xbmc won't be supporting multi touch for quite some time if ever
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Ok giving this a sly bump but with a related question.
I am confused as to the single and multi touch conversation going on currently.
I double tap which I suppose is multi if I want to run something, or I press and hold for my right mouse click.
Touchscreen software is the way to go and the next generation, let's have one small step for touch screen, and one final nail in the coffin for xbox owners (not the 360 though).
XBMC was an excellent project for modded boxes, but it has evolved a lot since then, and may it continue to do so.
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2010-03-28, 02:50
(This post was last modified: 2010-03-28, 02:54 by vinistois.)
On the screenshots the tiny buttons on the edges are useless. They will do nothing but aggravate users.
I use a 15" touchscreen, and I don't have big fingers, and I can't stand when apps have tiny buttons like that, all clustered together. Not to mention buttons on the very edge, which are difficult to touch accurately because of the screen bezel.
I don't think you can design a touchscreen skin without owning and using a touchscreen day-to-day. I use multiple different-sized touchscreen devices and none of them really go far enough with using BIG buttons with LOTS of separation between them. Having 3 small buttons all clustered together is just about the worst thing you can do for the users. You should avoid putting ANY button near any edge. The scrollbars need to be about 3x that size to be easily used.
It may sound like I'm being unreasonable, but I watch as my guests and family use our touchscreen. It is a professional quality 3M 5 wire touchpanel, it should be about as accurate as it gets, and at 15", about as big as you'll commonly see. EVERYONE has difficulty using it.
I don't see any reason for multi-touch in this environment.
just my 2 cents
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2010-03-28, 13:50
(This post was last modified: 2010-03-28, 15:07 by REI51.)
Jezz_x screen shots look good.
I would agree with a larger scroll bar and be careful with getting buttons too close to one another. However, I have the acer t230h which is a 21" touchscreen running at 1080p so small buttons don't bother me as much (they aren't so small with a 21" touchscreen).
One thing I like about the virtualhours touch! skin is the accessibility of information on the homepage. For instance, its nice to have the weather forecast for the day and the week as I walk out the door. It might be nice to implement the weather forecast plugin which changes the backdrop to match the weather outside. Just a thought.
you must have fat fingers 
at 15inch I can clearly touch all of the buttons by themselves on the screen without hitting another (scrollbar is just a place holder). That being said I do indeed not have the hardware required to actually test it. But hopefully that might change soon then I can use one on a daily basis (while making it)
