But it sounds like maybe you're talking about something different?
Web applications. With menus that disappear when you use the keyboard. Hence the need for specialised software, with the timer. Otherwise, yeah, I'd use the OS.
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§ ita § - May 21, 2012 12:05:57 pm PDT #20107 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gudanov - May 21, 2012 12:12:27 pm PDT #20108 of 25501
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Huh, works for my blog's menus.
§ ita § - May 21, 2012 12:20:52 pm PDT #20109 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, let me rephrase: what's the cheapest print screen application for Windows that anyone here's familiar with that has a timer function?
Hopefully that clears up any confusion.
Cass - May 21, 2012 12:28:13 pm PDT #20110 of 25501
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ita, That's what I'm trying to figure out, if it's worth doing?
I don't think it is. It doesn't solve any of her needs.
If the library has free wifi, they likely also have computers patrons can use. She can write emails from there. No shipping or new tech to learn. And if she's adverse to using the computers at the library, she's not going to see the iPad that needs to be in a wireless area and has onscreen typing as a good thing.
Gudanov - May 21, 2012 12:31:40 pm PDT #20111 of 25501
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Sorry. It's just weird because the PrtScn key doesn't generate a KeyDown event so I'm not sure how the application manages to dismiss the menu before the KeyUp event. You have to really go out of your way to capture a KeyDown event with PrtScn.
omnis_audis - May 21, 2012 12:36:36 pm PDT #20112 of 25501
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All really good questions. Things that I think are gnawing at my head too. I believe the library has computers. There are Starbucks and McD's nearby, which have free wi-fi (with my AT&T info). Again, not sure how much pain it is to set up each time. The only advantage to having the ipad would be to compose the emails from home (or where ever), then when she gets in email range, send/receive. But. Not sure how savvy she is to do that.
It's sounding like it would be more pain than it's worth. Maybe I should just make the iPad2 the work one, and the iPad 3 the home one. Seems so selfish.
§ ita § - May 21, 2012 12:40:48 pm PDT #20113 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You have to really go out of your way to capture a KeyDown event with PrtScn.
I didn't write the code, so I can't explain it. I didn't architect it, so I can't justify it. But i can describe it, and...that's what it does. Sorry I can't be more technical, but I don't want that to get in the way of my software request, if anyone can help.
DCJensen - May 21, 2012 5:21:08 pm PDT #20114 of 25501
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I haven't tried it myself, but I have heard mention of [link] Screenhunter Free at work.
§ ita § - May 21, 2012 5:23:58 pm PDT #20115 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, DCJ. I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
tommyrot - May 22, 2012 8:20:32 am PDT #20116 of 25501
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So, anyone develop web pages for the iPad?
So I put this in the html head:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
Which is supposed to make the webpage take up the full screen on any iOS device, right? But it doesn't--just 1/4th of the screen, and there's whitespace that fills up the rest of the screen. (ETA: It works correctly on an iPhone.) If I shrink the page down, the whitespace shrinks too, and no longer fills the whole screen.
What am I missing?