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Touchscreen Support
| Feature description | Keyboard only hardware | Keyboard and touchscreen hardware | Touchscreen only hardware |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor | show always | show if trackpad used, hide if screen touched | hide always |
| Virtual keyboard | not required | useful in ebook mode | essential |
| Cursor hover hints/palettes | accessible | accessible when using trackpad | accessible only if activated by 'right click' (touch & hold) |
| Keyboard shortcuts | accessible | accessible when using keyboard | not available (must rely on visual icons, HW buttons, or touch gestures) |
| Frame | accessible | accessible when using keyboard & trackpad | needs a touch gesture (swipe in/out from any edge) and/or new button (top left frame corner most likely), same old issues regarding discoverability of the Frame.... No physical home button on XO-3.0 hardware. |
| Buttons & context Menus | fine | nice to have: optimized to be touchable | size of buttons and menus needs to be optimized - user testing necessary |
| Screen resolution | n/a | n/a | XO-3.0 is 1024x768, make sure Sugar shell and activities are flexible enough to scale well |
| Keyboard shortcut hints | continue to add hints | continue to add hints | hide keyboard hints from touch only UI |
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