On Tue, 2015-05-19 at 07:45 -0400, Martin Owens wrote:
Forwarding on a request from intel:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Catalin Crisan <catalinx.crisan@...1100...> Date: 19 May 2015 at 07:39 Subject: Website Feedback To: Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...>
Hello Inkscape team,
My name is Catalin and I work within the Software & Services Group (SSG) at Intel, supporting successful application developers and publishers in different levels and would like to speak about a possible cooperation.
I have just tested Inkscape and I think it's a wonderful app. So, congratulations for the great work! Seeing the good reviews and potential that “Inkscape” has, I wonder if you would be interested in working with us on optimizing the app for 2in1 Ultrabooks (PCs that transition from clamshell/laptop mode to tablet/touch mode).
The idea is to have two slightly different UIs that adapt to the both usages, taking advantage of the hardware’s capabilities and offering a great experience in both cases. We mainly offer hardware, technical support and different co-marketing opportunities, but I would like to go further into details.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Have great day!
Catalin Crisan ISV Enabling Manager Skype: catalinc-intel Tel +44 01844340399 catalinx.crisan@...1100...
Some quick thoughts:
It would be good in the long term to have Inkscape work well on tablets. Does some one have an idea of how difficult this would be? Has any other GTK application been made to work well on tablets? I would think that the lack of precision of a finger/stylus compared to a mouse would be a major obstacle. Party answering my own question:
https://blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2014/09/22/gnome-3-14-approaching/
What kind of support can Intel offer us? Equipment, financial, technical? Have they worked with anybody else who uses GTK?
BTW, as the meaning of "tablet" meant "Wacom" tablet not so long ago, googling "GTK tablet" is not very useful. "GTK multitouch" give more interesting results.
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