On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Ivan Andrus <darthand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sage iPhone users,
>
> I finally took the time to fix the icons on the iPhone app I've been
> working on so that I'm not completely embarrassed by them. For those that
> want to test it, probably the easiest thing to do is run it on the iPhone
> simulator (pointed at an aleph instance running on your own machine).
For what "aleph" is, see:
http://code.google.com/p/sage-aleph/
It's a small program Rado and I wrote in a day as a lightweight proof of
concept for a Sage web service.
> The source code can be found at
>
> http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/iandrus/
>
> I also have some screen shots up there if you don't want to compile it but
> still want to see what it might look like.
>
> I need to get some feedback before I can finish it off and put it on the
> app store. If you have any ideas, from the smallest typo or color change to
> the largest redesign, please let me know.
>
> Right now the biggest thing holding the app back is what service to use.
> It's coded against aleph, which is very easy to use, but isn't currently
> running. Moreover it executes python not Sage. Aleph could be improved to
> run Sage, or I could switch to using the simple server in which case you
> would need to login (or have some sort of universal login). Either way, we
> have to commit (as a community) to keep at least one server running the
> service.
>
> I do have some other specific questions that might be easier to answer:
>
> - Where should I host the source code? as part of Sage or separately e.g.
> on bitbucket?
> - What is a better name than iSage? just Sage?
> - What initial examples should there be?
> - Can someone provide me with better icons? :-)
> - Should I design a whole new keyboard or just add to the strip across the
> top?
>
> -Ivan
>
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