Getting Started
Sxmo is notably different from mobile user interfaces you may already be familiar with. This does mean it has a bit of a learning curve for newcomers.
Our full documentation can be found in our manual page. Installation instructions are provided on a separate page. On this page, however, we will help you get started quickly.
Key characteristics
- Sxmo is largely menu driven
- Menus can be controlled by touch or by hardware buttons (volume up/down)
- We have context menus for specific applications
- Sxmo uses touch gestures for various actions
- Opening and closing the keyboard is a quick yet explicit user action and not automatic on input field selection
- This is accomplished via either a gesture (swipe up or hardware buttons (volume up button)
Gestures
The following animations by magdesign demonstrate various gestures in Sxmo. If they don’t play automatically, click them:
A schematic overview of all default gestures can be found below:
