• Ignifazius
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        1 year ago

        Yep, android has mouse and keyboard support. Just grab an OTG cable and go.

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          1 year ago

          It’s not the same. I use a Tab S9 and Duet a lot, and while Chromebook has good mouse hover actions and “full chrome” with right/middle click, etc, Android is severely lacking. It’s amazing how helpful a cursor that changes when you hover is on a desktop site.

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            1 year ago

            A lot of those behaviors are added by the design/devs because they expect you to use a mouse on the web apps. But for android apps it’s just assumed that everyone will use touch. Sometimes I’ve seen UXs achieve this behavior with a long tap, but that takes away the “right-click” behavior.

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              1 year ago

              Oh agreed, but until they’re implemented in apps via an OS hover layer, Android won’t work as a desktop replacement. Unless they can change a universal user behavior, which is possible, but not likely as a non-dominant desktop OS.

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        1 year ago

        Mouse hovers are used for a lot of things. Seeing the full URL in a status bar, determining if text is a link when the cursor changes, image hover display, displays in desktop pages that show when hovering, on and on. I use Android daily on a convertible tablet, and I much prefer the Chromebook, the hardware on the Tab S9 is what keeps me here.