On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Eric Van Hensbergen <eri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
This is a very good point. As much as I like rio, I can't help but be aggravated by it sometimes, and it would be nice to have someone take a fresh look at interacting with it and possibly solve some of the shortcomings. > 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 >> > >
