• From: italy
  • Registered: 2007-06-06
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Topic: touchscreen...

I'm writing 'web' a touchscreen application...for bars, pubs.. .. (the interface now is just for 1024x768... and have to be refined...)

it uses xajax and jquery (this last  for animations)
this is a very very beta version (in italian..)

any feedback will be appreciated smile

NB: it works fine with _firefox_ and opera; explorer crashes! (both 6 and 7 version) i don't know why..but i don't mind since the customer will use the application in a "intranet" with clients using firefox and 1024 touch screen smile

<old url>local.sofitek.info/tld/local.sofitek.info/application/bartender/</old url>

http://local.sofitek.info/tld/local.sof … tender_def
login:demo1
pwd:demo1

PS:if two users are "in" they write togheter on the same "bill".. ( the real app is multiuser... - but here i can't give more than one account - smile )

NB: the app now runs on a server on ADSL, so you will probaly see the xajax timeout error, but after loading all will work.

Last edited by carlo (2007-07-30 6:47:29 AM)

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  • sven
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Re: touchscreen...

Carlo,

it looks quite nice, and it has the look and feel as any other bartender application.
I was thinking about a same application, but one of the problems are the printers. Most of the time these work serial and use a dedicated protocol. Any output from a webpage is graphical, which makes those printers slow. Do you have a solution for that?

My second issue was the PDA: if you want to use this application on a PDA you need another interface that has less javascript support: Javascript and PDA browsers are not happy.

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Re: touchscreen...

sven wrote:

I was thinking about a same application, but one of the problems are the printers. Most of the time these work serial and use a dedicated protocol. Any output from a webpage is graphical, which makes those printers slow. Do you have a solution for that?

Hi Sven,
For printers i've a working solution since the application will run on a windows server; this is my solution:

1. when the users click for the "bill" i'll write data into DB  -that's obvious smile - with some flags ..
2. There is a "table view" filtering these "data to be printed"
3. A really small and simple Windows background proccess polls this 'table view' for data to be printed, and as soon as it finds values...it prints and changes the flags. ..

it works fine.

sven wrote:

My second issue was the PDA: if you want to use this application on a PDA you need another interface that has less javascript support: Javascript and PDA browsers are not happy.

PDA.
yeah that's a _problem_ smile --- customer needs them for Dec 2007  / Jan 2008 so i've time to think.. but here are my solutions:

0. using _opera_ as browser smile

1a. writing php / html the old way ..

or

1b. hoping that 'opera 9 mobile' brings what it promisis...

    http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/board/2015 … -test.html

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  • sven
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Re: touchscreen...

Carlo,

you can also take a look at Minimo, it's free, it's from Mozilla, but very slow when I tested it. I don't know how well it's working these days.

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Re: touchscreen...

Thanks for the tip for Minimo.
I tried the old version and it works..but it is really slow (unusable)

I'm seraching for a recent PDA (wind. mobile 5+) to try the new version but..opera "seem" faster...and as soon as i have more news i'll post here.

the good news is that i tried in my intranet this app 'as is' with a Nokia N95..and it worked smooth!
The phone misses a touch screen, but with a browser fast as the one on that phone, a touch screen and some "refinement" far small screen /device ..it will be funny to program such interface!

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  • From: ITALY
  • Registered: 2006-05-12
  • Posts: 19

Re: touchscreen...

Complimenti Carlo! Bel lavoro... Sicuramente questa soluzione fa risparmiare un bel po' i tuoi clienti.

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Re: touchscreen...

Grazie cesko,
in effetti il software è stato pensato proprio per far risparmiare!  All'interno (non visibili nella demo) ci sono tanti altri menu / moduli ed è molto scalabilo a livello di prezzi / funzionalità.


Ora,ad esempio, sto preparando il modulo per gestire le "proximity card" (fidelity card dei clienti..senza "fili"). jquery mi intercetta la lettura (proveniente da un lettore di card che funziona come una tastiera) e xajax gestisce la logica...

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Re: touchscreen...

Hi all again,
i've solved the pda problem! Nokia N800 is the perfect _solution_.
the default N800 browser is really fast and works great...with xajax and jquery too. the "n800" menu loads fast and fit in N800 browser working full screen.
besides i've solved the printer solution in a really simpler way. Since i'm working under windows... i tried to use the php_printer.dll (printer_open and so on..) and it worked great and fast (at least with samsung bixolon 350 plus..); so now waiter can print from pda fast as any other application.

Now i'm in testing pda interface and printer performance with a real pub using the application; with their feedback i would build a useful interface.

the new url is:

http://local.sofitek.info/tld/local.sof … tender_def

login:demo1
pwd:demo1

Last edited by carlo (2007-07-30 6:45:46 AM)

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