hi uriel, i guess i should have revised the mail before sending.
i just checked how acme looks in this tool. i didnt try to use all features of acme. i am sure it will have problems. the original post in engadget also says it is not fully ready. this apart, long back when iphone was released, i saw a video news where japanese already use smartphones as their computer (if i remember correctly, the video even showed a phone connected to keyboard, mouse and a monitor). all of this made me think, trying to have drawterm in iphone is a nice idea. assuming next version of iphone has better video, faster network connectivity, etc., things can get better. thanks dharani On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Uriel <urie...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan > <vdhar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> hi, >> >> sorry if i have missed any prior discussion, but i would like to >> mention that i am curious about this effort. >> >> to me, iphone (or similar device) seems to be an appropriate device >> that is small enough to be a portable drawterm device (eventually it >> could become cheaper too). one can quickly connect it to a TV or a >> hybrid monitor and get a bigger display. >> >> i have tried this before in iphone with acme running in my mac: >> http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/modified-vnc-software-enables-remote-access-on-iphone/ > > So, was acme usable with a touch screen as input? And does this mean > that VNC clients already provide the desired functionality? > >> so in my opinion, this is a good effort. > > I'm not sure how that conclusion follows from the rest of your email. > Can you clarify? > > Assuming that there are no overwhelming user interface issues (which > seems like a huge assumption to me), what actual useful functionality > would a drawterm port provide that vnc/ssh doesn't? > > I would remind people too that Google is going to *pay good money* for > this work, so I think it is reasonable to ask how worthy it is. > > Peace > > uriel > >
