Re: Linux for PDAs / Re: [Nautilus-list] current thinking oncanvas vs. anti-aliased canvas

[Kevin Rochowski <krochows cisco com>]

At 02:40 19/06/2000 -0700, enickell wrote:
> While the Nautilus framework may work on a PDA, your comments concerning
> XML are appropriate. That is that the way you *view* the data changes.
> This decision (which has been deferred anyway) affects a particular view
> - one which probably would not be appropriate to a PDA.
>
> -Seth

Agreed, but I thought it would be a good idea to ensure all elements of 
Nautilus have the flexibility to adapt to their environment, or "evolve" 
(there's one for helixcode... ;)  )


Kevin



> > I believe that there is an area that we are all overlooking - that of
> > multi-platform flexibility. Currently we are looking at Linux on a
> > "standard" PC platform, and through Nautilus are trying to make it as user
> > friendly yet as flexible as possible. However, we should also note that
> > some developers are looking at putting embedded Linux into other
> > environments such as PDAs, which have not only different screen sizes /
> > colour depths, but also different usability concerns (the need for clean
> > interfaces, large icons etc).
> >
> > In the case of something such as XML, the data and the representation of
> > that data are separate - so the way that I see it, it should be possible to
> > design a page that uses long descriptions and fancy graphics for PCs yet
> > uses cleaner formatting and simplified graphics for a PDA or Internet
> > Appliance.
> >
> > I think that some thing such as Nautilus is a good idea not only for the
> > desktop, but for any graphical Linux application. Imagine being able to use
> > Nautilus as the application browser on a palmtop such as the palm and you
> > might see what I'm getting at.
> >
> > So my reason for saying this all here is that surely the rendering should
> > be as flexible as possible, all the way from zero anti-aliasing all the way
> > to 36 bits or higher, depending on the environment / user prefs. We need
> > flexibility of the kind mentioned above to provide the real "killer" app.


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