tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112936277054198647.post5200299418541852530..comments2024-03-12T00:42:06.642+10:00Comments on Who-T: Chrome's multitask mode - an April fool's 2 years too late?Peter Huttererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204066043271384535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112936277054198647.post-64980103608040954842012-04-10T08:01:28.945+10:002012-04-10T08:01:28.945+10:00Applications that support multi-touch can differ b...Applications that support multi-touch can differ between touches and mouse clicks (if the device/driver support that too). For legacy apps, a touch looks like a button 1 press/release.Peter Huttererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204066043271384535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112936277054198647.post-19964951503341567932012-04-10T05:11:52.334+10:002012-04-10T05:11:52.334+10:00Peter, does X distinguish between a touch and a mo...Peter, does X distinguish between a touch and a mouseclick or does it treat a mouseclick as a touch?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436816472502124414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112936277054198647.post-26839523378567524182012-04-10T02:48:11.035+10:002012-04-10T02:48:11.035+10:00Actually Chromes multitask mode april fools joke i...Actually Chromes multitask mode april fools joke is 44 years too late.<br /><br />The mother of all demos (that the post refers to) include a session with remote collaboration using multiple pointers. <br /><br />Here is a link with the part of the demo discussing collaboration with using multiple markers/bugs/pointers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiJA7_Sw9aM#t=00m55s<br /><br />Peter keep up your great work! Eventually, people will get it. What is the best place to look to get started with MPX/XI2?Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465153894023563581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112936277054198647.post-13678479541344098882012-04-09T19:22:33.542+10:002012-04-09T19:22:33.542+10:00I certainly agree that it's arcane to enable. ...I certainly agree that it's arcane to enable. There is no GUI because though the technology is in place, it's barely used. It's also nontrivial to auto-pick <i>which</i> device needs a new cursor and when.<br /><br />Please file a bug for both of the issues, the cursor bug should be on bugs.freedesktop.org and assigned to me.Peter Huttererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204066043271384535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112936277054198647.post-84420319193127852172012-04-09T17:50:42.905+10:002012-04-09T17:50:42.905+10:00On topic: you are completely right, when I saw thi...On topic: you are completely right, when I saw this april fools I also thought WTF?<br /><br /><br />But going off topic a bit, usability of multiple cursors on a laptop is still not easy to use. I just tried using my trackpoint on my laptop as a second pointer.<br /> - first of all this requires xinput create-master, xinput reattach - I'm not aware of a gui<br /> - second of all a wrong xinput reattach crashed my gnome-terminal<br /> - third when it did work, I noticed a bug with cursors: when I move one of the pointers over a terminal's edges, causing a cursor change, both cursors get set.<br /><br />Granted, this is all fixable. It could be awesome (ok, just really nice :) if if just worked.alonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233564474932220081noreply@blogger.com