Well, in my experience the Dragonball-based PDAs have had the longest battery life.
Then again, maybe I'm just minimalist? I just tend to think that anything over 100mhz
is severe overkill for a PDA and that 16 or 32mhz should be enough for 90% of anything
you would use a PDA for.
It would sti
Well, if a good method of uniquely identifying the widgets (converting a name or ID to
registration function pointer) can be worked out, dynamically-loaded widgets would be
a good compile-time option. It could be a lot like compiling modules for Linux.
As far as the Java goes, throughout this p
> This is what will also happen with CLDC and MIDP, the environment that Sun
> has designed for mobile appliances like cell phones.
>
> It is unlikely that existing Java applications will be run on portable
> devices of PDA size w/o partial re-implementation, in particular if they
> were initiall
Shane Nay wrote:
...
> > The same thing could be said about Java, but given the target hardware and
> > existing apps, Waba seems like a good choice for what SMARTDATA (and
> > everybody else working on a linux-based handheld) is doing.
>
> Maybe. But you are also taking away one of the main ben
> So, do you mean compile-time modularization or run-time?
Both :). Like apache.
> Compile time options would be great, a lot like the optional panelbars are
> now. Changing application managers at runtime wouldn't be too hard to
> implement, but I don't see how this is useful. As far as movin
On Thu, 10 May 2001, Shane Nay wrote:
> > The goal is to have the server intelligently resize and (if necessary)
> > reorient applications when new ones are launched, but this isn't
> > implemented yet
>
> Okay, got it. Smart code for dealing with application window assertion with
> regard to
Thanks Micah,
> I'm glad you like it :)
> It's definitely non-traditional, but also seems to have a lot of potential.
Agreed.
> So, for the (long-winded) answer to your question, it's not a good thing,
> but if the vidpopup was implemented properly in the first place it wouldn't
> matter much,
On Wed, 09 May 2001, Shane Nay wrote:
>
> Pgui-ers..,
>
> Okay, I've taken a somewhat close look at pgui from a purely user perspective
> now, and looked at some of the underlying video frambuffer code. I was told
> about this project from Jay Carlson, and I must say that I'm intrigued with
Pgui-ers..,
Okay, I've taken a somewhat close look at pgui from a purely user perspective
now, and looked at some of the underlying video frambuffer code. I was told
about this project from Jay Carlson, and I must say that I'm intrigued with
the idea of a server side widget implementation. (
