Am 21.07.2009 um 10:52 schrieb steven mosher:
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <h...@computer.org
> wrote:
Ouch!
So you need to connect a mouse that is larger than the device to
position any scrollbars or press buttons? Or does it have a large
enough trackpad somewhere?
There is a 4 way key that can be used for up/down/right/left.
etc . And an additional
key for up and down. ( or vol+- )
Not sure where you got the mouse idea.
That is "my own view" (TM) what is needed to make it useable.
Have you ever tried to operate a UI with the mouse-pointer paradigm
through arrow keys?
So I expect that someone needs to write is a complete UI stack for
arrow-key-only operation. Plus applications. No compatibility to most
FOSS. Unless we restrict the Non-G-UI to commandline and ncurses.
What I wonder is how it will compare to this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipit_Wireless_Messenger_(Z2)
and its community project - it appears also to be quite open - but
not free(dom):
http://linux.zipitwireless.com/
And it locks you into a service plan. Not much point in
comparing apples and oranges.
Hint: they have approx. 3 or 4 years experience with this device class
and users of such devices. And they may have an (economic) reason to
offer that with a service plan...
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