Tablet compatibility

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drfredc
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Tablet compatibility

Post by drfredc » Fri May 01, 2015 1:37 pm

OD runs fine on a 9.7" windows tablet (Atom quad 2.3 Ghz, running 8.1 64bit with 64G SSD and 64G micro card, retina screen -- Example Teclast Air 98 Windows with BT keyboard [$200]). Except for one STUPID thing (so far as I can tell) -- the dialog box that opens for entering treatment notes is so big it doesn't fit on the screen and the Delete/OK/Cancel buttons CAN NOT be accessed unless one displays everything in the high res mode (2048*1536). However, at this resolution in landscape, Windows makes the text so small it's barely readable except with loupes on.

Fixes would seem to be relatively simple.

Minimally, move the Delete/OK/Cancel buttons into the big empty space between the treatment text box and provider info. Right in the middle of things, where it would always be available.

In my five plus years of using OD, I've never used (or noticed?) the Financial/Medical/Misc tabs in the bottom of the box that take up so much room in this dialog box. Perhaps one could just add these tabs to the treatment text so "Treatment/Financial/Medical/Misc' would be one tabbed box... ? Then one could keep the Delete/OK/Cancel box at the bottom like it currently is and the size of the box would not be an issue? Or something.

Other than this one oversized dialog box for entering treatment notes, OD works fine on lower resolutions on some of the recent Windows tablets. Without this one box being functional, OD is basically unusable for 10" tablets. Sure, one can get larger tablets, but then the price jumps, battery life suffers, and weight and easy of moving it around suffer.

Come on folks, what does it take to make some minor adjustments to the button locations and perhaps arrangement of a dialog box to make it usable for tablets?

It would be very nice to not have to fill an operatory with computers and monitors, but just walk in with a simple tablet carrying the digital chart. This tablet could show pictures and xrays in nice resolution right up close to the patients... No mouse required. Keyboard optional. Tablet compatibility could even be a selling point. It's not like OD (and it's users) should have to wait until OD is the last kid on the block to get tablet compatibility.

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