On 3/10/07, Don Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting approach, but kinda high maintenance if anything changes.
Not too bad. She/I can now just change the Word file, hit PrtScr, paste into Irfanview, save as a new GIF, and load it on her SD card. Yeah, it's more work than changing something directly on the Palm, and frankly, I'm still working on a better way, but this interim solution does let her get rid of D2G (which, on a 650, has its own advantages). > I have owned just about every database program for the Palm that has > ever existed (JFile, Handibase, Mobiwhatever, Listpro, etc. etc.) - yes, > I spend too much money on these things - and SmartListToGo (nee ThinkDB) > is the one I've returned to time and again. It just works so much > better, is so much more flexible and powerful than the rest (unless you > buy that really expensive one whose name I can never remember; did I > mention it's really expensive - too much even for me). > SmartListToGo would still require opening the application and navigating > to the relevant database. > Another option is the infinitely flexible HandiShopper. Yeah, a db might not be bad...will have to think about that... > Side note: isn't it amazing for you to have Memoware as an entity of > legend in a space like this? Pretty cool! Seems like there should be > a "History of Memoware" somewhere on the site. I dunno about "legend" but thanks. ;-) As far as history, what was put up on Wikipedia is fine by me. > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Craig Froehle > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 6:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Treo] Fast access to complex documents > > > > On 3/9/07, Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:yahoo%40gordol.org> > > wrote: > > Is she using them in the native Word format? If she lets D2G convert > > the handheld copy to D2G's own format, it may be faster. Note, I have > > NOT tried that so I'm only guessing. > > It's not so much the speed of D2G opening the file as it is starting > D2G, browsing to the file, selecting the file and opening it -- it's > all just rather slow and cumbersome on her 650. > > > But not read them... IMO, the screen on the Treo is just too +small+ > to > > make use of most PDF files. > > Oh, I dunno...I've found PalmPDF to render some PDF files quite usably > on a 320x320 screen. Now a 160x160 is right out, but high-res isn't > too shabby. Would I want to read a complete article that way? No > way, but for accessing a table it mightn't be too bad. > > However, I just completed a proof-of-concept. I took several of her > tables and converted them into tall, skinny tables less than 320 > pixels wide. I then made B&W GIF files of them from screen caps and > loaded those GIF files into /DCIM/Medical with descriptive names. > Using the built-in Pics&Videos app on her 650, the GIF files all come > in nice and crisp and are easily scrolled up and down with a finger. > Plus, switching among tables is easy -- just D-pad Left and Right to > move to the next/previous table. This may not work for everything, > but after converting 5 tables, it's working pretty nicely so far. And > I'm surprised...I'd never though Pics&Videos to be good for much > anything. :-) The only downside I can think of with this approach is > lack of searchability, but then she had Global Search turned off in > D2G, so it's not really a con in her situation. > > Any other suggestions are still more than welcome, though. > > __._,_._ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions.
