Simon Wood writes:
> Just because it is possible to run X on a palm type device, doesn't
> mean that it is the most appropriate. You have to ask yourself what
> are the cost (real and performance) for using it.....
Simon,
Of course, you also want to measure the benefits in addition to the
cost. :)
Network transparency is a very powerful concept in X. Many people
working on the handhelds.org project envision a handheld computer as a
device that is often on the network. In such an environment, X
programs can run on the handheld with display set to a desktop
computer. This behavior could replace the need for "synching"
application data for example, (backup is of course a separate issue).
I'm very excited about the potential with X in areas such as this.
My two cents anyway...
-Carl
>
> My own personal preference is to make as much resource available to
> the applications, rather than the 'system'. Simon Wood
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Erik Mouw [SMTP:J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 3:37 PM
> > To: Jim Gettys
> > Cc: mjones@trolltech.com; Chester; Jay Carlson; Nils Faerber; Tom_Kirksey@ingersoll-rand.com; handhelds@handhelds.org; linuxce-devel@linuxce.org
> > Subject: Re: [Handhelds] Re: [linuxce-devel] Re: [iPAQ] Embedded QT on iPaq?
> >
> > That's right. The X server used to be too big for a PDAs, but now that
> > Jim slimmed it down, using X is a perfect solution. I don't think that
> > things like QTE or fb-GTK are a good idea: you need input handling and
> > event queues which can be hard to get right. Let us please use X: it's
> > proven, it's stable, it's here.
> >
> > > And giving up what everyone else is doing seems a bit much, given that
> > > we aren't so memory constrained on current state of the art PDA's...
> >
> > If IBM can run X on a watch...
> >
> >
> > Erik
> >
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Received on Tue Nov 14 08:28:39 2000
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