Hello Guillaume, Yes indeed, it's a strange coincidence ! But somewhere I believe that it shows that the FreeRunner is a great source of inspiration ;-)
Cheers, Pierre. On Monday 06 April 2009, Guillaume Chereau wrote: > Hello Pierre, > > Ha ! I just rear your announcement after I sent mine for a very > similar project :O > > I am going to have a look at AUIMD for sure tomorrow (it is late here > in taiwan) I like the idea of using your application as a simple x > window manager to start other application embedded into it ! > > Nice screen shots, it looks very promising ! > Guillaume > > 2009/4/7 Pierre Hébert <[email protected]>: > > Hello List ! > > > > I am pleased to announce the availability of AUIMD version 0.2. > > In short AUIMD is a user interface targeted at mobile devices, > > written with PyQt4. Auimd is both a sort of fullscreen X11 window > > manager, and a small "framework" suitable for rapid and easy build > > of new python/Qt4 applications. > > AUIMD works best on the FreeRunner and relies on FSO for telephony > > and other services, but it can also be used on other devices with > > VGA/QVGA screens. > > This second release includes a minimal phone application, enough to > > send and receive calls, but no more. Use it with extreme care as it > > has been tested with only one setup ! > > > > AUIMD is mainly a monolithic application : the idea is to keep > > resources as low as possible and reduce applications startup time, > > while still providing error management and dynamic application > > reloading thanks to python mechanism. > > > > The simplest way to run AUIMD is probably to use Debian, as apt-get > > will easily fetch dependencies (see README for more), but it is also > > possible to use OE to build PyQt4 and other needed packages such as > > python-dbus (not tried it myself). > > > > Some more infos here : > > http://www.pierrox.net/auimd/ > > And some screenshots here : > > http://www.pierrox.net/auimd/screenshots.html > > > > AUIMD started a long time ago as a proof of concept, stagnate for > > months, and got some revival a few weeks ago. It may or may not go > > really further, but anyway all feedbacks and contributions are > > welcome :-) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pierre. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
