Comments on: Just Type. One of my favourite platform metaphors. http://almaer.com/blog/just-type-one-of-my-favourite-platform-metaphors blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Geoff http://almaer.com/blog/just-type-one-of-my-favourite-platform-metaphors/comment-page-1#comment-46591 Geoff Thu, 06 May 2010 16:12:51 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2676#comment-46591 I love the Just type features of webOS, which is why search is Just Type in the foursquare app. The problem is, I've found the majority of webOS users haven't realized that Just Type extends beyond the core OS features and into third party apps. No one can find out how to search in foursquare, so I had to pop-up a banner notification on first run to tell people about it. I love the Just type features of webOS, which is why search is Just Type in the foursquare app.

The problem is, I’ve found the majority of webOS users haven’t realized that Just Type extends beyond the core OS features and into third party apps. No one can find out how to search in foursquare, so I had to pop-up a banner notification on first run to tell people about it.

]]> By: dion http://almaer.com/blog/just-type-one-of-my-favourite-platform-metaphors/comment-page-1#comment-46557 dion Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:38:50 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2676#comment-46557 Gabe, You are totally correct. Definitely shouldn't assume physical keyboard. This should be a progressive enhancement :) Cheers, Dion Gabe,

You are totally correct. Definitely shouldn’t assume physical keyboard. This should be a progressive enhancement :)

Cheers,

Dion

]]> By: Gabe http://almaer.com/blog/just-type-one-of-my-favourite-platform-metaphors/comment-page-1#comment-46542 Gabe Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:06:13 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2676#comment-46542 Dion, it looks like you are making an assuption that all future webOS devices will have a physical keyboard. Otherwise the keyboard shortcuts could be quite confusing on a device with a soft keyboard only. Thoughts? Dion,

it looks like you are making an assuption that all future webOS devices will have a physical keyboard.
Otherwise the keyboard shortcuts could be quite confusing on a device with a soft keyboard only. Thoughts?

]]> By: dion http://almaer.com/blog/just-type-one-of-my-favourite-platform-metaphors/comment-page-1#comment-46510 dion Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:52:25 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2676#comment-46510 Doug, I am having the developer portal updated to clearly show people about "shortcut". Thanks for pointing out that we didn't have it well documented! Cheers, Dion Doug,

I am having the developer portal updated to clearly show people about “shortcut”. Thanks for pointing out that we didn’t have it well documented!

Cheers,

Dion

]]> By: Doug Reeder http://almaer.com/blog/just-type-one-of-my-favourite-platform-metaphors/comment-page-1#comment-46509 Doug Reeder Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:01:30 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2676#comment-46509 Thanks for the update! Thanks for the update!

]]> By: Doug Reeder http://almaer.com/blog/just-type-one-of-my-favourite-platform-metaphors/comment-page-1#comment-46508 Doug Reeder Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:22:20 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2676#comment-46508 There would probably be more webOS apps using keyboard shortcuts if the developer documentation actually covered it. There would probably be more webOS apps using keyboard shortcuts if the developer documentation actually covered it.

]]> By: Adam M http://almaer.com/blog/just-type-one-of-my-favourite-platform-metaphors/comment-page-1#comment-46507 Adam M Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:46:34 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2676#comment-46507 "Having to move icons around on the phone is a pain" ... I agree, especially for webOS! Even with Universal Search, I still like to keep my launcher pages clean and organized, and with webOS, moving icons around is a P-A-I-N.... please work to fix this. allow selection of multiple apps and/or have a "move to page" option. And maybe add in "shift" + click to highlight the app to move instead of press-to-hold. When I went to totally reorganize my launcher pages, it took me a few days to get everything right...this needs to get better on webOS, please!!! “Having to move icons around on the phone is a pain” … I agree, especially for webOS! Even with Universal Search, I still like to keep my launcher pages clean and organized, and with webOS, moving icons around is a P-A-I-N…. please work to fix this. allow selection of multiple apps and/or have a “move to page” option. And maybe add in “shift” + click to highlight the app to move instead of press-to-hold.

When I went to totally reorganize my launcher pages, it took me a few days to get everything right…this needs to get better on webOS, please!!!

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