On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan <vdhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > sorry if i have missed any prior discussion, but i would like to > mention that i am curious about this effort. > > to me, iphone (or similar device) seems to be an appropriate device > that is small enough to be a portable drawterm device (eventually it > could become cheaper too). one can quickly connect it to a TV or a > hybrid monitor and get a bigger display. > > i have tried this before in iphone with acme running in my mac: > http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/modified-vnc-software-enables-remote-access-on-iphone/
So, was acme usable with a touch screen as input? And does this mean that VNC clients already provide the desired functionality? > so in my opinion, this is a good effort. I'm not sure how that conclusion follows from the rest of your email. Can you clarify? Assuming that there are no overwhelming user interface issues (which seems like a huge assumption to me), what actual useful functionality would a drawterm port provide that vnc/ssh doesn't? I would remind people too that Google is going to *pay good money* for this work, so I think it is reasonable to ask how worthy it is. Peace uriel
