Aaron J Reichow wrote:

>Dynapad Survey
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>Q1. Do you use Dynapad now?  Are you condiering using it in the future?
>If so, in what capacity?
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Not currently using.  Don't have a PDA that runs Squeak at the moment. 
 Currently oogling various WinCE machines then weeping when looking at 
bank account.

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>Dynapad is currently based on the 2.8 image.  This was done for the sake
>of performance- trimmed down 3.0 and 3.2 images felt qualitatively slower,
>more sluggish, than 2.8 images on iPAQ-class hardware.  However, some
>people believe that 3.2's performance is adequate.
>
>There are benefits to using a 3.2-based image, including more
>compatability with the most current going-ons of the Squeak world.
>
>Q2. Would you prefer that Dynapad moved to a Squeak 3.2-based image, or
>stick with the 2.8-based image?
>
3.2 is probably a good idea, in order to keep up to date.  Performance 
can always be improved with tweaking.

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>There has been talk of changing the name of the project. Pick the name you
>prefer from the list below, or answer with whatever other ideas you may
>have.
>
>* MethodPad
>* Dynapad
>* SPE (Squeak PDA Environment)
>
Dynapad

>Q3.
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>While being everything to everyone is impossible, Dynapad strives to be an
>operating environment that is very useful for the widest array of users,
>through being user friendly, developer friendly, and very customizable.
>
>What would you like out of a PDA? Describe, in as much detail as possible,
>the perfect PDA. What do current and past PDA systems do well today?
>(Newton OS, GEOS, Magic Cap, Palm OS, PocketPC, EPOC32)
>
Emulate the Newton as much as possible.  La Newton est Mort.  Vive La 
Newton.  Have the same design goals, but implement them in Squeak.  The 
only problem I ever had with the Newt was the size.  And it's absolutely 
horrendous data synchronization abitilies.

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>Q5. What do you dislike about current PDA offerings?
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The Palm is nice in its simplicity.  It really doesn't have a lot of 
bloat and I love that about it.  No creeping featuritis.  The screen 
could be a bit bigger.  I think the WinCE boxes have hit the sweet spot 
with regards to size.

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>Q6. Do you use a PDA now? If so, what is the model? (the more specific,
>the better) What OS do you run on it? (if not what it comes with out of
>the box)
>
Palm IIIc - OS 3.5
- Built-in Address Book
- DateBk4 (datebook enhancement)
- BalanceLog (food tracking/exercise tracking/diet management)
- Built-in Todo list
- FireViewer (image viewer)
- Thought Manager (outlining program) - I use it in place of the notepad
- AvantGo (offline web browser)
- Pocket Quicken
- Pocket Smalltalk (not on it, technically)
- Strip (strong crypto for storing logins/passwords)
- Built-in Calculator
- LispMe (scheme interpreter)
- Various games (tetris, backgammon, chess, klondike, space trader, frogger)
- DrawIt (paint program)
- Spanish-English translator
- Guitar stuff (tuning program, chord finder)

I don't do email on my Palm but would like to.

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>Q7. Other than being very unfinished, what are your chief complaints of
>Dynapad and its vision?
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>What are the applications you would really like to see for Dynapad in the
>future.  This is excepting the applications currently done or being
>actively worked on, including: PIM apps (both traditional, as well as a
>more free-form and hyperlinked system), Web browser (scamper), Email
>client (Celeste), simple calulator, irc client, and graph plotter.
>
>Ideas include: a web service data extractor (like Watson or Sherlock 3),
>word processor, spreadsheet, or HyperCard-like StackMorph creator.
>
Equivalent of all the above.  No office apps.  I'll use a computer for 
those.  Don't really care about IRC.  IRC is a drug and I'm on the wagon :-)

>Q8. Ordered by most important down, what are the apps you would like to
>see running on Dynapad?
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See order of apps above.

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>Q9. Should MinneStore or Magma be the preferred data storage system?
>
Something as useful and dynamic as Newton soups.

Good luck, Rev!  I would love to work on Dynapad at some point.  Once I 
finish Dragonfly (media center), I'll see if I can eke out some time to 
help with it.

-- 
Jason Dufair - jase at dufair.org
http://www.dufair.org/
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by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature and its beauty."
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