08-27-2023, 01:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2023, 01:45 PM by alaraajavamma.)
Sorry I did not read your first post that accurate - that is why I wrote like you were using Phosh on phone screen etc.
But my arguments are kind of the same:
People have put tons of work to make things usable on Phosh and the software that has not been invested in is not really usable.
Thunderbird is excellent example - while you can use it do you want to? I totally understand why you want to try because most likely it is familiar app for you. But today Thunderbird does not have really good touchscreen support and it does not integrate perfectly to Phosh (things might be different in some day and there is something happening as we speak)
So if you want works-out-of-the-box experience with Phosh you need to use mobile optimized GTK apps. See that link what I posted. When the app is mobile optimized and it is GTK then it works with Phosh like it is intended.
There are plenty of other apps which are working fine but for example QT apps does not open Squeekboard keyboard automatic and sometimes they look odd (it depends a bit of the OS but icons, top row or blurred overview are kind of common issues). With QT or other apps the best ones are mobile optimized (that means typically that they can also scale to tablet or even bigger screen smarter when you move them
)
Also:
Sometimes flatpak apps work better and sometimes the ones from your OS repo. So you can try which one you like - versions might be the same but there might be big difference how they actually work.
Search how to edit Squeekboard configuration because it is really simple to edit layouts. You can for example copy the terminal layout as main layout if you like it.
But my arguments are kind of the same:
People have put tons of work to make things usable on Phosh and the software that has not been invested in is not really usable.
Thunderbird is excellent example - while you can use it do you want to? I totally understand why you want to try because most likely it is familiar app for you. But today Thunderbird does not have really good touchscreen support and it does not integrate perfectly to Phosh (things might be different in some day and there is something happening as we speak)
So if you want works-out-of-the-box experience with Phosh you need to use mobile optimized GTK apps. See that link what I posted. When the app is mobile optimized and it is GTK then it works with Phosh like it is intended.
There are plenty of other apps which are working fine but for example QT apps does not open Squeekboard keyboard automatic and sometimes they look odd (it depends a bit of the OS but icons, top row or blurred overview are kind of common issues). With QT or other apps the best ones are mobile optimized (that means typically that they can also scale to tablet or even bigger screen smarter when you move them
)Also:
Sometimes flatpak apps work better and sometimes the ones from your OS repo. So you can try which one you like - versions might be the same but there might be big difference how they actually work.
Search how to edit Squeekboard configuration because it is really simple to edit layouts. You can for example copy the terminal layout as main layout if you like it.