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Contributing

The uTouch framework and related projects are open source. If you would like to contribute, you need to do the following:

• get a Launchpad id

• sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct

• sign Canonical's contributor agreement

• read and adhere to our Developer's Guide to the Galaxy

• abide by the coding styles and best practices of the related upstream projects

• pick some tickets or file your own

• start hacking!

Reference Materials

• Multitouch/Definitions - A glossary of terms we use when discussing uTouch technology, both at the user-experience and engineering levels

• Preparing for a PPA - How to get a project prepared for and uploaded to a PPA

Blueprints and Specs

• HCI/MT-related plans for Ubuntu

• Canonical Multi-touch project planning

• Spec for the GEIS 1.0 API

• Spec for the GEIS 2.0 API

APIs

• The GEIS 1.0 API

Areas of Interest

• Multitouch/Dev/HCI - Human-Computer Interaction: it's not just touch! What does the future look like? What would we like to see?

• Multitouch/Dev/Gestures - Continued work on defining gestures for uTouch

• Multitouch/XDevelopment - XInput 2.1 spec implementation work for Natty

• Multitouch/Dev/AutoRotation - Discussions, notes, and eventually a development plan for auto-rotation support

• Multitouch/Dev/TouchInJS - Explorations in WebKit, thoughts of a JS API, and touch for web apps