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From: Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Cc: Ori Bernstein <ori@eigenstate.org>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 and Pine
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:31:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOw7k5hp70nhS8bsqJ3cuvGPobBGgvoorKVo3hJrFC6D3Kg_4w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK4xykW1kBFg9ws66u5_OXXZGTmTBtPEja21KGSQjiz_zgT-kA@mail.gmail.com>

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The ipaq/bitsy had no shortage of buttons round the case, several of which
were convenient when holding with one hand and using the stylus with the
other, so chording was possible.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 2:27 AM andrey mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com>
wrote:

> unfortunately i don't remember anymore how many buttons were involved.
> nobody cared to take videos. i mostly used it with the stylus..
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 5:56 PM <ori@eigenstate.org> wrote:
> > > 3rd ed ran on the bitsy, we had one at LANL:
> > >
> > > https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Installation_on_Ipaq/index.html
> > >
> > > t'was ok.
> >
> > How was the UI's reliance on chording and middle/right button
> > usage dealt with? That's what I see as the biggest challenge
> > for working well on phones.
> >
>
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-04-16 11:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-14 20:20 Chris McGee
2020-04-14 20:42 ` [9fans] " Stuart Morrow
2020-04-14 21:15 ` Kurt H Maier
2020-04-14 23:25   ` mail
2020-04-14 23:42 ` ori
2020-04-15 21:03   ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2020-04-15 21:09     ` andrey mirtchovski
2020-04-15 23:13       ` hiro
2020-04-15 23:24         ` andrey mirtchovski
2020-04-15 23:56       ` ori
2020-04-16  1:26         ` andrey mirtchovski
2020-04-16  8:16           ` Ethan Gardener
2020-04-16 11:31           ` Charles Forsyth [this message]
2020-04-16  7:37         ` Stuart Morrow
2020-04-20  1:27           ` ori
2020-04-28 18:52             ` Chris McGee
2020-04-29  5:51             ` Romano
2020-04-29 18:46               ` Thaddeus Woskowiak
2020-04-30 11:09                 ` Ethan Gardener

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