A Squeak PDA
Aaron J Reichow
reic0024 at d.umn.edu
Fri Nov 9 19:27:27 UTC 2001
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Kevin Fisher wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 12:31:34AM -0600, Aaron J Reichow wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > Have you tried it or just looked at the screenshots? I'm afraid I don't
> > follow you on the similarities with WinDOS. It has frames and title bars,
> > I suppose. And widgets! I'm talking mostly about the window management
> > scheme- no overlapping windows, tiling. I've tried it on a PDA, and it
> > works out quite well. A way to multitask on a PDA.
>
> The site picogui.org isn't resolving for me so I can't see the
> screenshots...is the window layout similar in style to Oberon, by chance
> (ie non-overlapping "frames")? It could be interesting to have a PDA
> using such a scheme, combined with the virtual scrolling viewport.
Yup, it is kind of like the way Oberon manages windows. However, I think
in the Oberon system, at least in recentish releases, you have the option.
If http://picogui.org (no www), try http://pgui.sf.net.
Regards,
Aaron
Aaron Reichow :: UMD ACM Pres :: http://www.d.umn.edu/~reic0024/
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