we are evaluating the plucker viewer for the purpose of of distributing information to resellers - the idea was to have a simple, easy-to-install, single file prepared for them to download.
What specifically would you like added? The parsers have been passing more and more information through, but ... most web pages still assume a screen far wider than a palm. If you can say exactly what you want, then probably (though not this month). It probably won't be the default option though, because no-horizontal-scrolling is an important feature.
the feeds would be tailord to fit typical handheld resolutions, so screen size would not be an issue. quite a lot of web pages aren't suitable for those 320x160 screens anyway, navigation-wise and various other handheld devices use similar resolutions, so people could easily reuse the small-resolution html output.
anyway, the current problem's with plucker are:
a.) the table tr-gap thing (which is still not working, but i'll check out from cvs again and have a look)
b.) very limited support for fancy font rendering. but i guess _that_ is an os problem. so i won't complain.
once the table thing is working, almost anything can be done, even if one had to use images for some things where no such thing would be necessary in html.
(As Alex mentioned, you could write your own onboard interpreter -- there are even python and java environments for a palm that you could use with the current parsers -- but I wouldn't recommend it for speed.)
well, openwave and similar commercial products do run ok on a cellphone ... but that's not the point. it's perfectly ok to have a distiller running somewhere else and to have that kind of packaging is even better.
oh, one more thing concerning size: with the mainstream boom in digital cameras, smartphones and the like, i would bet that storage prices (like cf- mmc- or sd-cards) will become _very_ cheap. indeed, it already is amazingly cheap - 128 megs for 50 eur is not all that expensive.
thanks
ruben
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