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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:00:42 +0200
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From: Uriel <uriel99@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] GSOC: Drawterm for the iPhone
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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 =C2=A0to be a portable drawterm device (eventually i=
t
> 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-a=
ccess-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