The fact that rio and/or acme have a limited usage model with such a
device and/or multitouch in general is a shame -- wouldn't it be nice
to fix that. Drawterm (or ports to devices like the DS) are not ends
in themselves but a means to exploring new interface models, ideas,
and applications. Likewise I hope the student reaches beyond simple
drawterm support and implements an example iPhone environment/app
within Plan 9 that matches it's interface model better than rio.
As far as counting who would use this, that seems misdirected - GSoc
is for the students to learn and get interested in plan 9, not for the
community to get work done.
-eric
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:00 AM, 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
