ri...@happyleptic.org writes: >> I feel the "ferrari" analogy is broken. it depends on what you would >> like to do with the device. Moving bling bling is not efficient, Ok. >> Things that demand high resolution, like ebooks and emacs work fine. > > I spend some time in the terminal myself, generally to fix something in a > config file or to mount manually something on USB or fix the network > configuration. If the device were working flawlessly and with a good GUI for > all apps, I wouldn't mind not hurting my eyes on the small chars :-) > > For working seriously in a terminal I need a keyboard and a large screen > anyway > (or a magnifying glass maybe ?). I don't know how you manage emacs with the > various CTRL+ALT+META-x on the virtual keyboard but I sure can not stand it > for > more than a few minutes.
I made some elisp for choosing symbols, and patched in some toolbar buttons in packages I use. Typing on a virtual keyboard is, admittedly, no fun though. > As for reading in general (ebooks or web browser), I admin this is certainly > better in a bigger resolution. The same goes for viewing maps. But all in all, > a small gadget with small screen and no keyboard will never replace a desktop > computer. So personnaly I am looking for other use cases for my FR, and a > smaller resolution and better responsiveness is the direction I want to go. -- Joakim Verona _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
