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Does not work well using a mouse on an Android phone. Choose your UI events wisely, guys!

by worewood 5y ago

osrec 5y ago
A mouse on an Android phone? Does your phone not have a touch screen?
- worewood 5y ago
  It HAD a touch-screen before getting water damage. Repair consists of replacing the entire screen as the digitizer is glued to it and I am too broke to do that rn; so I got a usb2go adapter and been using it this way for months
  - sowbug 5y ago
    Don't you lecture us with your $30 phone.
    - worewood 5y ago
      (._.)
  - pmarreck 5y ago
    well this is uncivilized... what's your venmo, assuming something that came in would be directed towards a working phone? stealthedit: you're a CS student? Awesome.
- fouc 5y ago
  Why not? An external keyboard & mouse with the android phone as a display should be allowed
  - stjohnswarts 5y ago
    Most people don't have time/resources to test every possible interface for a free website.
    - worewood 5y ago
      That is true. I did not want to sound entitled, it is a free for-fun project after all. Just wanted to bring awareness about UI events to other hnews readers
  - worewood 5y ago
    It is allowed, in general. But some apps/websites don't play well with it. In this case, the creator, while developing the site, chose some UI events which don't fire with a mouse on a phone. I.e. the "hold" action on a sound.
kingcharles 5y ago
Well that answers that question. I had someone with a broken touchscreen recently and I told them Android might accept a mouse shoved into the USB-C as it worked fine when I shoved an external USB mic in there. Guess I was right. Taking your point though, I'm going to add this to my testing script for my web sites now.
- worewood 5y ago
  Nice to hear! That will also help with accessibility, some tools for people with disabilities depend on those events being properly configured.
micromacrofoot 5y ago
touch screens with pointing devices are very hard to accommodate reliably
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admax88qqq 5y ago
Sounds more like a bug with Android. Why would a mouse on android deliver different events than a mouse on windows/linux/mac?

Does not work well using a mouse on an Android phone. Choose your UI events wisely, guys!

osrec 5y ago

A mouse on an Android phone? Does your phone not have a touch screen?

worewood 5y ago
It HAD a touch-screen before getting water damage. Repair consists of replacing the entire screen as the digitizer is glued to it and I am too broke to do that rn; so I got a usb2go adapter and been using it this way for months
- sowbug 5y ago
  Don't you lecture us with your $30 phone.
  - worewood 5y ago
    (._.)
- pmarreck 5y ago
  well this is uncivilized... what's your venmo, assuming something that came in would be directed towards a working phone? stealthedit: you're a CS student? Awesome.
fouc 5y ago
Why not? An external keyboard & mouse with the android phone as a display should be allowed
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  Most people don't have time/resources to test every possible interface for a free website.
  - worewood 5y ago
    That is true. I did not want to sound entitled, it is a free for-fun project after all. Just wanted to bring awareness about UI events to other hnews readers
- worewood 5y ago
  It is allowed, in general. But some apps/websites don't play well with it. In this case, the creator, while developing the site, chose some UI events which don't fire with a mouse on a phone. I.e. the "hold" action on a sound.

kingcharles 5y ago

Well that answers that question. I had someone with a broken touchscreen recently and I told them Android might accept a mouse shoved into the USB-C as it worked fine when I shoved an external USB mic in there. Guess I was right. Taking your point though, I'm going to add this to my testing script for my web sites now.

worewood 5y ago
Nice to hear! That will also help with accessibility, some tools for people with disabilities depend on those events being properly configured.

micromacrofoot 5y ago

touch screens with pointing devices are very hard to accommodate reliably

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admax88qqq 5y ago

Sounds more like a bug with Android. Why would a mouse on android deliver different events than a mouse on windows/linux/mac?