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eve online on I pad/android/windows 8
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MAgicFingers
UK Corp
Goonswarm Federation
#1 - 2012-10-28 19:54:12 UTC
With the announcement of windows 8 being aimed at tablets, is there any plans to make eve compatible with these devices.

It seems like the tablet is.slowly replacing the standard pc, with technology moving on what are the plans for eve in say 5 years?
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#2 - 2012-10-28 19:58:23 UTC
Because of how EVE was coded back in the early 2000s, I don't see EVE being on tablets happening anytime soon.

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Beckie DeLey
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-10-28 20:00:46 UTC
Just imagine navigating the UI with your fingertips and you have your answer. *shudder*

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TheBreadMuncher
Protus Correction Facility Inc.
#4 - 2012-10-28 20:04:35 UTC
Beckie DeLey wrote:
Just imagine navigating the UI with your fingertips and you have your answer. *shudder*


It would make for "interesting times" watching miners lock and shoot concord by mistake.

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Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#5 - 2012-10-28 20:04:53 UTC
Beckie DeLey wrote:
Just imagine navigating the UI with your fingertips and you have your answer. *shudder*

Maybe CCP can make your spaceship move by moving your phone.

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MAgicFingers
UK Corp
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2012-10-28 20:05:29 UTC
Yeah it would create problems, my point was though with tablets slowly replacing the old pc,s what will how could eve adapt to cope, is there a reason why with tablets smart TVs etc people will (apart from eve gamers of course) still use a pc in the future?
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#7 - 2012-10-28 20:10:31 UTC
MAgicFingers wrote:
Yeah it would create problems, my point was though with tablets slowly replacing the old pc,s what will how could eve adapt to cope, is there a reason why with tablets smart TVs etc people will (apart from eve gamers of course) still use a pc in the future?


The usual doomsayers speech. The only time a tablet will ever replace a old fashioned PC (including Mac) is when you either have the same performance as a modern PC which continues to crunch more and more calculations each generation, which just makes it even more unlikely or when you have a network where latency is a distant thing of the past which is just as unlikely.

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Justin Valentine
Mickey Mouse Club
#8 - 2012-10-28 20:14:30 UTC
Beckie DeLey wrote:
Just imagine navigating the UI with your fingertips and you have your answer. *shudder*

I like it more than with a mouse, much faster and easier.
Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#9 - 2012-10-28 20:14:47 UTC
Alpheias wrote:
MAgicFingers wrote:
Yeah it would create problems, my point was though with tablets slowly replacing the old pc,s what will how could eve adapt to cope, is there a reason why with tablets smart TVs etc people will (apart from eve gamers of course) still use a pc in the future?


The usual doomsayers speech. The only time a tablet will ever replace a old fashioned PC (including Mac) is when you either have the same performance as a modern PC which continues to crunch more and more calculations each generation, which just makes it even more unlikely or when you have a network where latency is a distant thing of the past which is just as unlikely.

You poasted without using the word "tears". Shocked

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Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#10 - 2012-10-28 20:20:03 UTC
There is a third option. Use your tablet to play EvE on your PC in the other room. Works for me.

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Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#11 - 2012-10-28 20:41:48 UTC
Val'Dore wrote:
There is a third option. Use your tablet to play EvE on your PC in the other room. Works for me.

I would just go to the other room.

Or move the PC.

Just sayin'

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Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#12 - 2012-10-28 20:54:29 UTC
Touval Lysander wrote:
Alpheias wrote:
MAgicFingers wrote:
Yeah it would create problems, my point was though with tablets slowly replacing the old pc,s what will how could eve adapt to cope, is there a reason why with tablets smart TVs etc people will (apart from eve gamers of course) still use a pc in the future?


The usual doomsayers speech. The only time a tablet will ever replace a old fashioned PC (including Mac) is when you either have the same performance as a modern PC which continues to crunch more and more calculations each generation, which just makes it even more unlikely or when you have a network where latency is a distant thing of the past which is just as unlikely.

You poasted without using the word "tears". Shocked


I am sure Steve Ballmer is going to be a tear generator for the coming years when the sale numbers of the Surface comes in.

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Derath Ellecon
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-10-28 21:03:08 UTC
It should work on the upcoming windows 8 pro based tablets.
MAgicFingers
UK Corp
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2012-10-28 21:04:24 UTC
I don't own a tablet and I am sure that eve will adapt, if I am correctly informed you could use a Bluetooth mouse and Bluetooth headset. If I am thinking right windows 8 will ne the same operating system on desktops laptops and the new windows tablet
bbb2020
Carebears with Attitude
#15 - 2012-10-28 21:09:11 UTC
Beckie DeLey wrote:
Just imagine navigating the UI with your fingertips and you have your answer. *shudder*

I don't see a problem with that.
Microsoft to sell 80-inch Windows 8 ‘tablet’
Touval Lysander
Zero Wine
#16 - 2012-10-28 21:12:36 UTC
Alpheias wrote:
Touval Lysander wrote:
Alpheias wrote:
MAgicFingers wrote:
Yeah it would create problems, my point was though with tablets slowly replacing the old pc,s what will how could eve adapt to cope, is there a reason why with tablets smart TVs etc people will (apart from eve gamers of course) still use a pc in the future?


The usual doomsayers speech. The only time a tablet will ever replace a old fashioned PC (including Mac) is when you either have the same performance as a modern PC which continues to crunch more and more calculations each generation, which just makes it even more unlikely or when you have a network where latency is a distant thing of the past which is just as unlikely.

You poasted without using the word "tears". Shocked


I am sure Steve Ballmer is going to be a tear generator for the coming years when the sale numbers of the Surface comes in.

lolz. Good time to an Apple lit lawyer. Good for 10 years at least.

I'm sure that simply being able to SEE a tablet or phone is going to be litigated soon enough.

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Beckie DeLey
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2012-10-28 21:12:48 UTC
bbb2020 wrote:
Beckie DeLey wrote:
Just imagine navigating the UI with your fingertips and you have your answer. *shudder*

I don't see a problem with that.
Microsoft to sell 80-inch Windows 8 ‘tablet’


Yummy, do want!

However, you'll still be screwed when you are trying to Shift-Click something :D

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bbb2020
Carebears with Attitude
#18 - 2012-10-28 21:19:02 UTC
Beckie DeLey wrote:
bbb2020 wrote:
Beckie DeLey wrote:
Just imagine navigating the UI with your fingertips and you have your answer. *shudder*

I don't see a problem with that.
Microsoft to sell 80-inch Windows 8 ‘tablet’


Yummy, do want!

However, you'll still be screwed when you are trying to Shift-Click something :D

Oh. we're nitpicking aren't we. Always trying to find flaws in everything good. Blink
stoicfaux
#19 - 2012-10-28 21:22:56 UTC
Graphics => power and heat. Not sure I would bother with a tablet if i had to keep it plugged in to use it and if it got too hot to hold.

OTOH, having a graphics enabled tablet/personal heater might be more economical than heating the whole house.

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Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#20 - 2012-10-31 15:54:39 UTC
Beckie DeLey wrote:
Just imagine navigating the UI with your fingertips and you have your answer. *shudder*


I've been doing this happily for the last year or so - on a 22" touchscreen Win7 PC Cool
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