How would that work!? the iPad has a touch UI not a point and click one. It wont even have mouse drivers.
Good point, though it would be a nice feature to have when docked w/the Bluetooth keyboard.
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How would that work!? the iPad has a touch UI So it doesn't gave a point and click interface because it doesn'tnot a point and click one. It wont even have mouse drivers.
Anyone know if the Apple Bluetooth mouse works w/the iPad?
No luck w/my iPad seeing it.
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why?
just why?
i mean why would the iPad even have the little pointer icons in its system?
and why use it?
i mean why not just complain that your laserjet printer doesn't have movable type faces?
there is nothing about this that even makes sense...
shen said:why?
just why?
i mean why would the iPad even have the little pointer icons in its system?
and why use it?
i mean why not just complain that your laserjet printer doesn't have movable type faces?
there is nothing about this that even makes sense...
The iPad is a touch based device. It doesn't know what to do with a mouse.
On the other hand the standard wireless (bluetooth) Apple keyboard should work. Just got mine so what I say is not set in stone.
Ken
how do u think developers generate touch events in the simulator?
Touch interface vs point and click?
Anyone know if the Apple Bluetooth mouse works w/the iPad?
No luck w/my iPad seeing it.
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It's a simulator... it simulates them.
If there is a Jailbreak for the iPad, a bluetooth and mouse will work if third party developers decide to implement this. It currently works with my iPhone 3GS.
As for you people saying it's silly and why, it will be like using a laptop when your iPad is docked. You will be able to scroll/click through pages without touching your iPad, there's nothing silly about that.
mokeiko
The simulator get them from the mouse on the computer. That's the point. The device is useable with a mouse.
No, the simulator flukes the OS into thinking the touchscreen has just been pressed, probably by loading a certain value into one of the devices simulated registers.
What's silly is the idea that you should have to touch something whilst using an external keyboard. That's what's silly. Apple should be called out for what is deliberately missing functionality so as to not hurt hardware sales.
That was kind a my point. Here I am typing this on my iPad, using my external keyboard, yet I have to go an touch the screen in order to move around it.
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That was kind a my point. Here I am typing this on my iPad, using my external keyboard, yet I have to go an touch the screen in order to move around it.
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What's silly is the idea that you should have to touch something whilst using an external keyboard. That's what's silly. Apple should be called out for what is deliberately missing functionality so as to not hurt hardware sales.
UIKit (as well as all the apps in the App store) doesn't support any mouse pointer. So exactly what would a mouse do, even if the events were sent to the OS?