On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:09:10 -0500 "Gervais Mulongoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Heh, I guess I should have checked this out: > http://www0.get-e.org/Main/News/_articles/376.html what nathan said - e will run. no problems. i had it running on my zaurus before. the problem is the WIMP ui doesn't "cut it" for a tiny screen. you need a tiling ui that displays only 1 app or maybe 2 or 3 but tiles vertically or horizontally. the libs that back e tho should run just fine and would provide a fast yet sexy ui experience - not unlike the apple phone :) all it needs is to sit down and code up a phone ui. it's not hard as it is generally very limited (you also want 2 variants. a touchscreen driven one and a keypad driven one). the problem is a lack of "platforms" to run on (i.e. phones that are open enough and reflashed that will work). and even then - we could do with backing and support from a manufacturer. if we had that i have zero doubts we could deliver an experience that is second-to-none (if we can get some hw that also is able to be accelerated so we don't software render - i'd LOOOVE that). the tricks are 1. cramming everything into 240x320 or 480x640 (or similar resolutions) 2. keeping it usable 3. needing to code a lot of custom apps to fit in that res and work with limited "keypads" or touchscreen input only (ie add a virtual keyboard - not hard). i think the existing linux phones with qtopia were aq wrong direction. the future would be phones with X - and a customised WM (eg E) with customised X apps and other X apps stripped down to fit in the low res and work well etc. etc. there is massive potential here. the problem is the time, resources and backing to make it happen (i know if a manufacturer backed it we could get something up in a year or maybe less not dissimilar to the apple offering) > On 1/11/07, Nathan Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes, though you would most likely want to create a custom or stripped > > down version. The user experience on small screens is much different > > than a desktop system. > > > > On 1/11/07, Gervais Mulongoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > Could Enlightenment be used in a smartphone? Say a phone like the > > Neo1973 > > > (to be released sometime in February)... > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > your > > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > > > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
