--- David Fedor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I was wondering if the new HandEra
> >APIs for a virtual graffiti area and the different
> >screne size will be adopted into the Palm branded
> OS.
<deleted a lot of stuff>
> >2) I'm wondering if there will be better access to
> >programs on the memory card, like the MSMount
> program
> >that is out there.
>
> Just checking - you do know that 4.0 devices with
> VFS such as the m500 can
> run applications "from the card"? (At least as far
> as a user is concerned.)
>
> I believe that MSMount does more than that, by
> pretending the databases are
> internal and read-only, but just making sure you
> realize that apps can be
> run from the card from a UI perspective. (They
> don't actually run from a
> card any more than a desktop app runs from a hard
> drive; they're loaded
> into internal memory like a desktop OS does, but
> that's a programming
> detail.)
Yes, I know. My hack, McPhling, does not track
programs run from a card and was hoping that someday I
wouldn't have to deal with VFS to find an application
and just search the databases like I do now.
Mike McCollister
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