-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/03/2010 05:10 AM, Rodd Clarkson wrote: > Hi, > > I regularly use (a variety of) interactive white boards and the single > biggest frustration is getting the pointer device working so it's > actually useable. > > Let me give you an example. > > I plug and IWB into my laptop and Fedora configures is as an extension > to my desktop. This is great because I can drag what I want to appear > on the IWB and not have to reveal my entire desktop. > > The pointer device in the IWB works and I can use it as a mouse, but > it's rendered unusable because the mouse acts across the entire desktop > (both my laptop screen and the IWB). > > Unlike a mouse, these pointer devices move the mouse pointer to where > you touch the screen. For example, if the IWB is to the right of my > laptop screen and I touch the right edge of the screen then the mouse > pointer appears on the right side of my laptop screen, and not where > I've touched the screen. > > The pointer device included with the IWB needs to be able to be > configured to do two things: > > 1. Only work as a device for the IWB screen. The mouse shouldn't be > able to be moved off the screen, only around it. > 2. Calibrate the pointer so that you can declare the > top/bottom/left/right of the screen (as where the image falls on the > pointer device isn't usually at the extremes of the device.) > > Is this possible? > > Does this make sense? > > Is this something that's included in f13 (if it is I can't find it) or > could it be included as a part of f14. As far as I'm concerned this is > a huge feature as I'm constantly finding IWB pointer devices are useless > unless I mirror (and mirroring reveals my desktop and usually squashes > the icons as the laptop screen has to be sized down and then I have to > move the icons back). > > > Rodd Rodd, I've seen those white boards before. One option you might try is to disable the display on the laptop so that the IWB was the primary display. But I do like the idea of being able to tie a input device to a display. I could see this feature being useful in a normal dual monitor setup as well.. where you have a mouse that moves on both screens, but a tablet that is bound to only one screen. Using a tablet on a dual screen setup is tough because the horizontal is really touchy. Kevin - -- Get my public GnuPG key from http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7D0BD5D1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwvJLoACgkQ6w2kMH0L1dE17ACfVmVzFprv4kz6j3ovVTF0ulWC VuMAn2YvFD+KGJ19cOgGeiQAozh9W3KW =psy/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
