Squeak on tinies (was Re: Squeak on iPaq-Linux Update)

Kevin Fisher kgf at golden.net
Tue Mar 27 17:59:21 UTC 2001


On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 12:51:22PM -0500, Doug Way wrote:
> 
> danielv at netvision.net.il wrote:
> > 
> > I'm curious what people are using Squeak for on PDA's, and how.
> > I chose the tiniest fonts I could find and still the basic tools
> > seemjust too big to fit well in 320X240...
> > I mean Browsers, the PDAMorph, and Celeste, which I've tried...
> > 
> > How do you do it? Screen shots would be appreciated...
> 
> In addition to the other suggestions (such as the Lucy font), you'll probably want to stick with flop-out scrollbars to save space on the screen.  Or, if you prefer inboard, using the narrow & hidden scrollbar options will save a fair amount of space.

I've found that the flop-out scrollbars do not work very well in a one-tap
pen-based environment.  For some reason, they just won't flop out at
various times (this is especially noticable if you play with a Browser
window at all).

I personally use the narrow inboard scrollbars.

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