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0 pointsflukus8y ago0 comments

How do tooltips even work on a touch based OS?

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Chrome OS has first class support for Android apps nowadays. You can use a keyboard and mouse through USB OTG or Bluetooth on an Android as well.

digi_owl8y ago

Something that has been with Android since 3.0.

Really wish i could find an android tablet with a full size A port these days that didn't run a ancient version...

kevin_thibedeau8y ago

Android has long has deep support for keyboard and mouse navigation where this could be more useful.

digi_owl8y ago

Indeed. It is one of those things that seems to go unspoken of, because even Google don't want to acknowledge that they once tried to pitch Android as more than a media consumption platform (Android 3.0, aka honeycomb, aka the tablet/landscape focused Android variant).

pjmlp8y ago

Which lead to the situation that although Windows Phone failed in the market, Windows 10 seems to be on good track to win the hybrid tablets market.

All the consumer stores on my city have mostly Windows 10 hybrid laptops on sale, with the exception of a few Samsung and Huawei ones with Android.

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arrayjumper8y ago

In android it works right now on the app toolbar with a long touch of a button for which you want to see the tooltip (if it is programmed right). The text shows up sort of like a toast message.

mlnj8y ago

Devices with a stylus (like the Galaxy Note series) can use it by hovering on the element.

thanksgiving8y ago

Speaking of the note series, I wonder if the note 8 will ship with Oreo and if so how well it keeps the treble stuff.

mlnj8y ago

grzm8y ago

The only place I can recall using tooltips (if I understand what you're referring to) on iOS is to read the extra caption on XCKD (the title attribute of the img element), which you access by press and hold.

andrewaylett8y ago

Just put LineageOS on my Note 3 and it turns out the touch screen is sensitive enough to implement a "Touchscreen hovering" feature.

digi_owl8y ago

Dunno exactly what they are referring to, but on Fragment UIs one can tap and hold on buttons to get a small popup/tooltip.

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veeti8y ago

Chrome OS has first class support for Android apps nowadays. You can use a keyboard and mouse through USB OTG or Bluetooth on an Android as well.

digi_owl8y ago

Something that has been with Android since 3.0.

Really wish i could find an android tablet with a full size A port these days that didn't run a ancient version...

kevin_thibedeau8y ago

Android has long has deep support for keyboard and mouse navigation where this could be more useful.

digi_owl8y ago

pjmlp8y ago

Which lead to the situation that although Windows Phone failed in the market, Windows 10 seems to be on good track to win the hybrid tablets market.

All the consumer stores on my city have mostly Windows 10 hybrid laptops on sale, with the exception of a few Samsung and Huawei ones with Android.

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arrayjumper8y ago

In android it works right now on the app toolbar with a long touch of a button for which you want to see the tooltip (if it is programmed right). The text shows up sort of like a toast message.

mlnj8y ago

Devices with a stylus (like the Galaxy Note series) can use it by hovering on the element.

thanksgiving8y ago

Speaking of the note series, I wonder if the note 8 will ship with Oreo and if so how well it keeps the treble stuff.

mlnj8y ago

grzm8y ago

andrewaylett8y ago

Just put LineageOS on my Note 3 and it turns out the touch screen is sensitive enough to implement a "Touchscreen hovering" feature.

digi_owl8y ago

Dunno exactly what they are referring to, but on Fragment UIs one can tap and hold on buttons to get a small popup/tooltip.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse