Hi, I managed to get my hands on a touch screen tablet. It's an Asus something (fpaste --sysinfo here[1]). It came with windows 8 preinstalled, so I assume it supports multitouch. I installed Gnome 3.14 from one of the nightly images to see how well it works on it. It's now completely up to date with the F21 package set. Here are my findings (I'll file bugs when I find time. I'll also update the test page when I've filed my bugs): 1. The on screen keyboard doesn't automatically come up on the tablet. Is there a way to check if the system has a connected keyboard and bring it up if one isn't found? I tapped on "Install Fedora" and when I had to type in anaconda, the keyboard didn't come up. I had to quit anaconda, go to settings, enable accessibility and the keyboard and then redo anaconda. 2. Not all the gestures listed here work for me[2]. The page was listed here on the test day page: a. tapping works b. press and hold worked in the dash, but it didn't bring up the right click menu in nautilus. I haven't figured out how to bring it up yet. c. drag for scrolling works d. pinch to zoom didn't work in maps/shotwell. Worked in eog. e. double tap didn't work in eog either f. three finger pinch didn't bring up overview g. four finger drag didn't switch workspaces h. finger hold and tab didn't bring up the window switcher 3. The on screen keyboard doesn't work too well. At the moment, each key I press is typed in twice somehow - even after rebooting. I had to plug in a usb keyboard to complete the g-i-s configuration. 4. The on screen keyboard doesn't have arrow keys like any other touch keyboard. This makes using the terminal just a little difficult since you can't access the previous command that easily. Similarly, it doesn't have ctrl alt etc., so restarting the shell if it gets stuck etc. or bringing up the "looking glass" is a little difficult without a usb keyboard. These aren't usual use cases, but maybe something like a "developer mode" could enable these? 5. The tablet also had a stylus which we managed to lose. It therefore recognises it as a wacom tablet. I clicked on "calibrate" and it brought up a screen with circles in the centre and a cross hair. I couldn't figure out how to get out of it. No gesture worked, not even alt f4 from the USB keyboard. A "cancel" button somewhere would be nice. Also some instructions on what one is supposed to do would help. I think you're supposed to point the stylus at the cross hair, but I'm only guessing here. I have this tablet for another two weeks, and I'll be happy to test out stuff if any one wants me to. [1] http://paste.fedoraproject.org/129606/14093240/ [2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/Gestures [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Gesture_Support -- Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur (FranciscoD) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Join Fedora! Come talk to us! http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG
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