Re: [dev] [surf] tablet-mode

I already have this js plugin for surf. I just have to find it..

On 08/09/2011, at 18:33, Peter John Hartman <peterjohnhartman_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I recently played with okular, a PDF-reader, and they do one thing Right,
> namely, the default mode is what they call Browse mode wherein by dragging
> the mouse (or your finger across the screen) it navigates around on the pdf
> page. You can, if you want, click a little icon to go into Select mode
> which will then translate drags into selection boxes for cut and paste.
>
> This seems like the right thing to do. As it turns out, Chromium has an
> add-on called ChromeTouch which implements something like this, and rumor is
> there's something similar for Firefox.
>
> So this is more of a feature request for surf (a feature request I might
> even implement if I ever get time) and an invitation for chatter
> more generally on the topic.
>
> Peter
>
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Received on Thu Sep 08 2011 - 18:37:01 CEST