My Nexus One got the Android 2.2 update recently, so I installed the Flash player and tried Skritter out. The page does come up, but you can't draw on the writing area as it just drags the whole page around. The "settings" button also pops up the settings dialog behind the writing area, so you can't see half of the dialog.

I did try out http://8.latest.skrit.appspot.com/demo as suggested in this previous thread

http://www.skritter.com/forum/topic?id=36275537

but it has similar problems; the dialogs appear underneath the writing area, and drawing on the writing area simply drags the whole thing left and right.

Feel free to email me directly...

James

The new beta works okay, you need to focus on the flash app first.

Sorry, the new beta of what? And how do I focus on the Flash app?

James

I changed the version that was on 8 recently, so it didn't have the Froyo-compliant point tracking in there. I will make it work soon!

To focus on the Flash app, you currently have to double tap, I think.

That's right. If the screen drags it means the flash isn't focused on. However if the unworking version is on there, you wont get anything drawn when you click but you might see the brush dot move a bit.

Okay; try again. I've worked with Doug and made several changes to the practice page for Android. There are still a bunch of issues which I'll improve, but most are layout--apart from the point tracking initially requiring you to touch for a split second before starting to drag.

And you can just go to the practice page and it should autodetect the 2.2 browser, so no need for that special URL.

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. This is a huge improvement

There are still some significant problems.

1. The practice window partially obscures the definition and pinyin on the right. This happens no matter what zoom level I use.
2. The screen is really too small for all the information being presented, and the practice area is too small to write in (especially if the characters are a little complicated). I think for a mobile phone display it would be more reasonable to display the prompt using the full screen, then display the practice area in the full screen, with an option to redisplay the prompt if we want to see it again. Same goes for the header and footer. Hide everything else, so the practice area takes up 100% of the display.
3. When drawing strokes, occasionally it still grabs the Flash and drags it around instead of drawing the stroke. It's not clear to me exactly how the "click to focus" is supposed to work; I can get it to start drawing only about one time in five and then it often switches back to drag mode.
4. When drawing strokes, occasionally the little black dot becomes GIGANTIC.

James

Oh, the page didn't work correctly (didn't pull the mobile layout, but did pull the point tracking). I'll upload a better autodetection later. For now, put ?android=true at the end of the URL:
http://www.skritter.com/practice/all?android=true

Yeah, that's better. The practice area still feels pretty cramped, and I still have the problem with the giant dot. It's also a little laggy and often requires me to draw multiple strokes in order to register a single stroke.

However, at this point I think it already looks sufficient for tone and definition practice.

Hey guys, I'm living in China currently and am about ready to buy a new phone. Of course I'd love to be able to Skritter with it eventually, once the kinks get worked out. Could you recommend specifically what model would be my best bet, and one that's available to buy here would be great as well.

Thanks!

加油!

Nicki

I don't know what's available in China, but any of the phones that will get Android 2.2 (Froyo) should be pretty good. I found this list; not sure how good it is:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/198702/android_22_upgrade_list_is_your_phone_getting_froyo.html