OT: Touchscreen technology

hershrev hershbp at realtorsgroup.us
Thu Mar 11 16:40:46 EST 2004


On Thursday, March 11, 2004, at 12:17 AM, cteno4 wrote:

> Hersherv,
>
> well its pretty much the same as any other metacard/rev app. you can 
> have
> the screens built by db data and pieces on the fly or make cards that
> have all the art/buttons on them. i have done it both ways. usually if
> its a large project then ill have a card for each screen with standard
> nav butons and then art in shared backgrounds and screen specific text
> and media brought in from files on the fiy. if its a small project 
> then i
> just art each screen as a card. for really huge standardized displays 
> you
> can jsut make template cards that jsut fill in the blanks from files on
> the fly.
Now when the user wants to add his own buttons how does that work ?

>
> only other differences are making the buttons at least 3/4" square or
> larger for fat little fingers to hit and spacing them well so you dont
> hit the one next to it. also usually fill the whole screen with your 
> card
> or blank any extra edge screen out with the backdrop function and kill
> any menubars. also dont try to do drop down menus or little radio or
> check boxes, too small to hit with fingers. content wise you want bite
> sized chunks of content that fit on a screen (no scrolling if 
> possible).
> and remember to keep things short and to the point, folks are on thier
> feet and probably wont browse for a half an hour. in exhibits you are
> doing reallly well if you retain a visitor at a kiosk for 3-5 minutes!
>
> cheers,
>
> jeff
>
> use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote on 3/10/04 11:07 PM
>
>> Hi, while wer'e at it , can I have a brief understanding on how to
>> build a kiosk app. ? How and were the buttons are stored, in a db ,
>> diferent cards or what ever ?
>> Thanks, hershrev
>
>
>
> Jeffrey H. Reynolds
> 6620 Michaels Dr.
> Bethesda, MD  20817
>
> 301.469.8562
>
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