Comments on: Ubuntu + Hildon UI = in-Car PC UI http://www.eriksmartt.com/blog/archives/380 my little chunk of bandwidth Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: erik http://www.eriksmartt.com/blog/archives/380#comment-32975 erik Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:55:10 +0000 http://www.eriksmartt.com/blog/archives/380#comment-32975 Thanks for the comment David! From a developer perspective, I definitely agree that targeting a single platform would make it easier to develop for both desktop and mobile; However, portable, touch-screen devices (lacking real keyboards) have such different UI constraints, that you often want a different interface anyway. This becomes very apparent when using applications such as Canola (linked above.) Canola's UI would be annoying on the desktop, but on the N800 it's decently nice to use (and much easier then some of the direct-port multimedia applications -- especially while on the go.) That said, there has been some work to <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=enlightenment n800&hl=en" rel="nofollow">port Enlightenment to the N800</a>. Thanks for the comment David!

From a developer perspective, I definitely agree that targeting a single platform would make it easier to develop for both desktop and mobile; However, portable, touch-screen devices (lacking real keyboards) have such different UI constraints, that you often want a different interface anyway. This becomes very apparent when using applications such as Canola (linked above.) Canola’s UI would be annoying on the desktop, but on the N800 it’s decently nice to use (and much easier then some of the direct-port multimedia applications — especially while on the go.)

That said, there has been some work to port Enlightenment to the N800.

]]> By: david frantz http://www.eriksmartt.com/blog/archives/380#comment-32969 david frantz Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:59:11 +0000 http://www.eriksmartt.com/blog/archives/380#comment-32969 Actually what I would like to see is a mainstream windows manager/Hildon replacement for the N800. Having a 1 to 1 software profile to develop against for desktop/laptop/handheld makes more sense to me. So has any body out there heard of a light weight windows manager being ported to the N800? Something like black box maybe. Sure the N800 screen is small but you could always grow the icons. Text is text and that will always be an issue until a resolution independent interface is developed. Dave Actually what I would like to see is a mainstream windows manager/Hildon replacement for the N800. Having a 1 to 1 software profile to develop against for desktop/laptop/handheld makes more sense to me.

So has any body out there heard of a light weight windows manager being ported to the N800? Something like black box maybe. Sure the N800 screen is small but you could always grow the icons. Text is text and that will always be an issue until a resolution independent interface is developed.

Dave

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