I installed whatever editor I use on the phone, then use a forwarded X connection to do editing stuff using the desktop or portable. Fat thumb typing on a small screen does not make a lot of sense to me, but then, I don't text people much either.....
joa...@verona.se wrote: > ri...@happyleptic.org writes: > > >>> I feel the "ferrari" analogy is broken. it depends on what you would >>> like to do with the device. Moving bling bling is not efficient, Ok. >>> Things that demand high resolution, like ebooks and emacs work fine. >>> >> I spend some time in the terminal myself, generally to fix something in a >> config file or to mount manually something on USB or fix the network >> configuration. If the device were working flawlessly and with a good GUI for >> all apps, I wouldn't mind not hurting my eyes on the small chars :-) >> >> For working seriously in a terminal I need a keyboard and a large screen >> anyway >> (or a magnifying glass maybe ?). I don't know how you manage emacs with the >> various CTRL+ALT+META-x on the virtual keyboard but I sure can not stand it >> for >> more than a few minutes. >> > > I made some elisp for choosing symbols, and patched in some toolbar > buttons in packages I use. Typing on a virtual keyboard is, admittedly, > no fun though. > > >> As for reading in general (ebooks or web browser), I admin this is certainly >> better in a bigger resolution. The same goes for viewing maps. But all in >> all, >> a small gadget with small screen and no keyboard will never replace a desktop >> computer. So personnaly I am looking for other use cases for my FR, and a >> smaller resolution and better responsiveness is the direction I want to go. >> > > -- > Joakim Verona > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community