On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:15 AM, Jason Grout wrote:
> On 7/23/11 2:50 PM, Ivan Andrus 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).  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.
> 
> 
> Have you thought about using sagemath.org:5467 ?  Two students and I have 
> been working on this all summer, and hopefully in the next week it'll be 
> polished up enough to announce more generally.

That's probably exactly what we want.  I hadn't thought of that, mostly since I 
had forgotten you were working on it. :-)  Is there documentation or code that 
I can look at, or should I just wait until it's announced?

> Too bad I can't just download the app as-is and install it on the 
> ipad...walled garden and such.

Indeed.  BTW, how does the regular notebook work on the iPad?  IMHO it's not 
really usable on the iphone, though maybe with some css changes...

-Ivan

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