nanogui: Using microwin on Palmtop's (i.e. small screen and touch panel).
Subject:
Using microwin on Palmtop's (i.e. small screen and touch panel).
From:
Simon Wood ####@####.####
Date:
12 Jun 2000 08:40:55 -0000
Message-Id: <44632C76B97BD211AF6B00805FADCAB202D73628@exchange.saltaire.pace.co.uk>
I'm posting to both lists as this is relevant to both.
I've recently got a Everex Freestyle, and have already had Linux running on
it thanks to the LinuxCE guys, the prebuilt kernel had microwin demo which
worked quite well.
Has anyone initiated a discussion on what a UI for this class of machine
should look like and how it should work with a touch panel/small screen.
The obvious problems are:
1). Single 'button' mouse concept, i.e. touch the screen
2). Limited screen space/screen depth.
3). Lack of keyboard.
Overall I quite like the WinCE UI, it's just the slow response and frequent
crashes that I don't... I'm sure LinuxCE can do better.
I've modified the 'mine' demo to use a smaller screen, with the hope of
building up a small suite of demo programs. I'll send in the mod (very
simple #def change from home).
Simon Wood
