Re: [iPAQ] FLTK, NanoX and Microwindows?

After read all these replies, I'm still a bit confused ;-) Actually, I'm in
the stage of making critical decision of choosing X window or Nano-X with
Mcrowindows as fundamental platform. My effort is to create a new kind of
user interface for mobile user. Mobile users don't need sophisticate user
interface as X11 or MS Windows. They just need the right thing to be done
with a simple way. The overall feeling is that Microwindows is good approach
but fewer legacies. X11 is certainly great but over-killed somehow and
still, can't simply port most desktop applications to small LCD like iPAQ.
Anyway, it's application rather than OS that grasps the user. Copying
desktop stuffs to mobile device directly wouldn't work for "consumer" (it
works with us only). It's too complicated for them. I guess we need a
general consistent user interface for mobile applications on PDA with very
simple controls, say to do navigation and inputs within five keys (one hand
operation). I don't like stylus somehow, because I can't use it when I walk
or drive.

If X11 is small and fast enough, I don't see any points that I have to
replace it with Microwindows.

cheers,

Xin Chong
Received on Mon Oct 23 20:09:01 2000