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Power-touch – Shortcut touch keys on mobile

27 pointsby rokyedover 8 years ago

8 comments

maaaatsover 8 years ago
Not too much info, but I can see the first commit was yesterday. Looks like it opens a web server on your PC, which you then open in the browser on your phone. The buttons there make requests that triggers stuff through robotjs.<p>Cool idea, but doesn&#x27;t look secured at the moment. And impossible for me to use on my work network, a pairing with the computer would work (bluetooth or USB), but probably not be as easy to implement.
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jajernover 8 years ago
Sounds cool. I&#x27;m probably not going to install it without an idea of what it&#x27;s capable of. Maybe a better README with some examples and screenshots would be helpful.
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alistproducer2over 8 years ago
Why would anyone upvote this? the README is worthless, the repo was started yesterday and it has absolutely no authentication before allowing control of your computer via a publicly available webpage.<p>Common&#x27; HN, smh.
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makecheckover 8 years ago
I always thought it made a lot more sense to pair an existing touch device with a computer instead of embedding touch in the keyboard. It’s less limited (e.g. larger horizontal or vertical or grid layouts as needed) and it uses something that most people already have.
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50CNTover 8 years ago
This sounds kinda similar to Unified Remote.
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pmontraover 8 years ago
Still much work to do but it&#x27;s an interesting idea and a good demo for one day of work.<p>It core dumped after a few minutes and I had to close every terminal instance before being able to type again but it&#x27;s OK for what it is.<p>When it won&#x27;t crash and kill the keyboard I could use it as a clicker for PDF presentations on my Ubuntu laptop. There is already a wonderful remote for LibreOffice Impress (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=org.libreoffice.impressremote&amp;hl=en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=org.libreoffic...</a>) but I didn&#x27;t have anything for the other presentation formats.<p>But we&#x27;ll need at least some kind of authentication over an encrypted channel.
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rokyedover 8 years ago
Please leave sugestions under github, it makes easier to keep track and make them tasks.
agumonkeyover 8 years ago
Did Apple never try using ipods or iphones as alternative controllers before ?
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