On Jan 27, 2010, at 9:09 PM, James Owen wrote: > > On Thursday, January 28, 2010, at 04:48AM, "Adam R. Maxwell" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My guess is that the iPad would basically require a new application; BibDesk >> is heavily oriented and optimized for usage on a laptop or desktop system. >> That would require significant effort, not to mention a developer with an >> iPad :). > > Well, no, as Apple will have an iPad simulator for developers, just like they > have for the iPhone.
My understanding is that this isn't a good substitute for testing on the hardware; certainly from the performance standpoint, but also for the user experience (gestures and so forth). > BTW, if BibDesk had its own PDF viewer, would it be possible to make use of > the hyperlinks for citations which are present in many PDFs? If one of these > links is clicked, I think it opens a journal webpage, but could it be made to > search for that hyperlink within the BibDesk library first, and then open a > local file first? Not unless you made BibDesk the default handler for that URL type (e.g., http), and you probably don't want to do that. Interesting idea, though; I could see it working fairly well with DOIs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
