Draw Tool experiences

[TulseLuper]

tested both now , screen2pgm and screenshot , both worked fine and gave me regular images.

screen2pgm made a 469kb pgm , converted to jpeg got 37kb
and screenshot made a converted jpeg with 45kb

so , iwould need some info .

first . both of them are getting images trought the same way ?

if not ? wich of them is getting higher quality ?

and also , comparated to default screenshot [ home tap home ] we have a quality improvement ?

or even , wich conversion would get me better quality or definition or so ... thanks

second ;

titano , there´s a timeout for the script to make the capture ? how many seconds would that be ?

thanks

[Titano]

Originally Posted by TulseLuper

tested both now , screen2pgm and screenshot , both worked fine and gave me regular images.

screen2pgm made a 469kb pgm , converted to jpeg got 37kb
and screenshot made a converted jpeg with 45kb

so , iwould need some info .

first . both of them are getting images trought the same way ?

if not ? wich of them is getting higher quality ?

and also , comparated to default screenshot [ home tap home ] we have a quality improvement ?

or even , wich conversion would get me better quality or definition or so ... thanks

second ;

titano , there´s a timeout for the script to make the capture ? how many seconds would that be ?

thanks

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First: Yes they are both using the program screen2pgm, if you just run the tool it might (I don't really know) be a higher quality (maybe I should have converted it to a png and not a jpg). All I did was write a script to use his program, he did all the real work. I'm not sure how it's better or worse then the built in screen shot command, I don't know if the normal command has any limitations but this can take screenshots from anywhere at anytime.

Second: It's 30 seconds, then it launches the ImageViewer (so you know when it's done). You can change it by opening the script and editing the command "sleep 30" to what ever time you want (so "sleep 60" would be a minute).

[TulseLuper]

thanks nupogodi , titano and geekmaster !

other question ... has any of you had success on getting the drawtool offline? i really need something like that...

soon ill post back some results ive got with al the tools ... see ya

[Titano]

Originally Posted by TulseLuper

thanks nupogodi , titano and geekmaster !

other question ... has any of you had success on getting the drawtool offline? i really need something like that...

soon ill post back some results ive got with al the tools ... see ya

I have tried recreating the draw tool but the problem is that it uses some custom code or something that can't be used by other code (at least I can't do it). I can get a custom waf with nothing different besides the source of the files changed to run but it still won't allow me to actually draw (it does load though so I don't understand it). I guess it's up to someone else for now .

[zerolucat]

I very interested to the possibility of drawing with kindle touch. I noted that there is a similar "application" for drawing. The advantage is that it is easily downloadable, and so it can be used offline. I tried to use it for a waf extension, but there is some problem with ontouchstart/move/end and it's impossible to draw anything . Maybe is the solution in the config.xml file?

[twobob]

thanks for the link. that was fun

[twobob]

In response to your PM I had a look at the website.

also http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/

the issue appears to be with detecting the mouse (down) event(s). there is info on which events (and how painfully long they take to run) on the the threads on here somewhere, webkit returns a very limited set on the kindle.

Simply put you would have to check for the correct events in the originating application. As other applications do actually work via webkit it is therefore possible to make this one work. However you would require access to the source and some testing knowledge to update the events handling to be more robust.

Hope that helps.

[twobob]

In response to your other point about using an updated version of the application locally as a WAF, that seems eminently do-able. The draw application is essentially the mrdoob one so I don't see how an evolution would not work (given a bit of love)

If you posted what you had so far it would be easier than guessing what is wrong. thanks

[geekmaster]

The built-in draw tool is harmony. Is the web version better?

[zerolucat]

thanks for all. I found the mistake! It was in the config.xml that I wrote for the app...
For example, if I use this config.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<widget xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"
xmlns:kindle="http://kindle.amazon.com/ns/widget-extensions"
id="com.zerolucat.drawing"
version="0.1"
viewmodes="application">
<name>drawing</name>
<description>
drawing </description>
<content src="index.html" />
<!-- configuration -->
<kindle:gestures>
<param name="drag" value="no"/>
<param name="pinchzoom" value="no"/>
<param name="tap" value="no"/>
<param name="multi_tap" value="no"/>
</kindle:gestures>
<kindle:chrome>
<kindle:asset key="useCustomSearchBar" value="true" />
</kindle:chrome>
<!-- features used to control JS API -->
<feature name="http://kindle.amazon.com/apis" required="true">
<param name="gestures" value="yes"/>
</feature>
</widget>

the waf app seems to work... there are some problems whit the coordinates, when the "touch" end, butI think that are due to the javascript code of the app (sorry for my english)

[twobob]

would you mind sharing a complete example of your "almost working" code please?

EDIT: I've had a bit of a play around to see about making it better but would appreciate starting in the same place as you. thanks

[techiemonkey]

a lot of talk is going on about getting this tool offline. what if we store the draw tool in the cache for offline use? ahem, just a guess.

[zerolucat]

sorry... this is the extension

[zerolucat]

sorry again... the correct file is

[twobob]

hmm. yeah. looks to have some sort of "release" issue. or something...
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