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RE: Re: Buy one of these....


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: RE: Re: Buy one of these....
  • From: Mike Griffiths <mike@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:45:04 +0100
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Ace will drive Winamp and the buttons on this can be as big as you want
I have album covers mapped on mine so press a button - hear a playlist


Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave McLaughlin [mailto:dave@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 October 2002 09:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Buy one of these....
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> I use a 6.5" LCD and touchscreen in my kitchen for an MP3 Player etc, and
> can confirm that unless the buttons are a reasonable size or the interface
> has been designed for a small screen it is quite tedious to work with a
> touch screen if you want to use the standard Windows interface. You can
> use
> a stylus but unless the screen is on your lap or in your hand it is quite
> difficult to be accurate.
>
> Trying to use the likes of Winamp on such a small screen is very hard.
> There
> is a software package called Jukebox for Winamp but it is not really easy
> to
> use either. This is something I would like to address myself with Winamp
> but
> just never seem to have the time these days.!!
>
> Regards
> Dave...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Khan" <dan@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Buy one of these....
>
>
> > Thinking about it again, the 7inch is the diagonal, which when combined
> with
> > a touchscreen for use in the the kitchen for example, really means that
> the
> > LCD is probably too small to be of much use for this application...
> >
> > -Dan
>
>
>
>
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