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Installation : Application NumWorks pour Android / iPhone/iPad

For simulation on touch devices, it is time to think that the screen is controlled by touch and not by cursor control.
it is natural to try to touch the screen and one is disappointed to see that it does not respond.

Well yes, it's a simulator, not a new product

compsystems a écrit:For simulation on touch devices, it is time to think that the screen is controlled by touch and not by cursor control.
it is natural to try to touch the screen and one is disappointed to see that it does not respond.

Indeed, it should be better in next versions :
- with https://github.com/numworks/epsilon/pull/1615 (if it's merged), the simulator should only react when there's a "click up" (releasing the key), and not like it works currently (when you move your cursor while clicked, the other keys you get on are clicked too).
- with https://github.com/numworks/epsilon/pull/1633, there'll be haptic feedback and visual key state

compsystems a écrit:For simulation on touch devices, it is time to think that the screen is controlled by touch and not by cursor control.
it is natural to try to touch the screen and one is disappointed to see that it does not respond.

It's indeed a huge issue, and I'm regularly mistaken into touching the NumWorks screen on the smartphone, espacially on the home screen with app icons.

But for the moment, NumWorks is selling the hardware, not the software.
And I doubt they're going to improve this.

Indeed, what point would there be into buying a real NumWorks calculator if you can just install and run it and perfectly use it for free on the smartphone you already have ?
Exams ? Then you can just wait and buy / rent / borrow the calculator once you finally take the exam.
Assuming of course the smartphones ban on exams doesn't get lifted in the meantime, which is currently becoming less and less unlikely in France and many countries.