From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5d375e920903302300v4c5c4da4g32ec1e4af0648390@mail.gmail.com> References: <8126F5C4-87DF-4EB8-9470-FACCB5B1BEAF@gmx.de> <3aaafc130903292002n64910d8fnd960716a787d9b95@mail.gmail.com> <13426df10903292040p20c315abs202dec77398e14a3@mail.gmail.com> <3aaafc130903292046v36a30813q8cdf93e006ffa632@mail.gmail.com> <509071940903300708r6c477fb2he6ed869f0ba57650@mail.gmail.com> <5d375e920903302126u7d5fcdd0nc16ebf9745fad018@mail.gmail.com> <6e35c0620903302136y683a8de6kff4a72ae490c4ef9@mail.gmail.com> <5d375e920903302300v4c5c4da4g32ec1e4af0648390@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:22:10 -0700 Message-ID: From: Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] GSOC: Drawterm for the iPhone Topicbox-Message-UUID: cde95fde-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 hi uriel, i guess i should have revised the mail before sending. i just checked how acme looks in this tool. i didnt try to use all features of acme. i am sure it will have problems. the original post in engadget also says it is not fully ready. this apart, long back when iphone was released, i saw a video news where japanese already use smartphones as their computer (if i remember correctly, the video even showed a phone connected to keyboard, mouse and a monitor). all of this made me think, trying to have drawterm in iphone is a nice idea= . assuming next version of iphone has better video, faster network connectivity, etc., things can get better. thanks dharani On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Uriel wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan > 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 =A0to 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 > >