Re: [9fans] GSOC: Drawterm for the iPhone

["J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> wrote:
> The fact that rio and/or acme have a limited usage model with such a device
> and/or multitouch in general is a shame -- wouldn't it be nice to fix that.

This is a very good point. As much as I like rio, I can't help but be
aggravated by it sometimes, and it would be nice to have someone take
a fresh look at interacting with it and possibly solve some of the
shortcomings.

>  Drawterm (or ports to devices like the DS) are not ends in themselves but a
> means to exploring new interface models, ideas, and applications.  Likewise
> I hope the student reaches beyond simple drawterm support and implements an
> example iPhone environment/app within Plan 9 that matches it's interface
> model better than rio.
>
> As far as counting who would use this, that seems misdirected - GSoc is for
> the students to learn and get interested in plan 9, not for the community to
> get work done.
>
>         -eric
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:00 AM, Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
>> <vdharani@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> sorry if i have missed any prior discussion, but i would like to
>>> mention that i am curious about this effort.
>>>
>>> to me, iphone (or similar device) seems to be an appropriate device
>>> that is small enough  to be a portable drawterm device (eventually it
>>> could become cheaper too). one can quickly connect it to a TV or a
>>> hybrid monitor and get a bigger display.
>>>
>>> i have tried this before in iphone with acme running in my mac:
>>>
>>> http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/modified-vnc-software-enables-remote-access-on-iphone/
>>
>> So, was acme usable with a touch screen as input? And does this mean
>> that VNC clients already provide the desired functionality?
>>
>>> so in my opinion, this is a good effort.
>>
>> I'm not sure how that conclusion follows from the rest of your email.
>> Can you clarify?
>>
>> Assuming that there are no overwhelming user interface issues (which
>> seems like a huge assumption to me), what actual useful functionality
>> would a drawterm port provide that vnc/ssh doesn't?
>>
>> I would remind people too that Google is going to *pay good money* for
>> this work, so I think it is reasonable to ask how worthy it is.
>>
>> Peace
>>
>> uriel
>>
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