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On 06/05/2011 09:49, Nigel Wade wrote:
> On 05/05/11 16:18, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
>> On 05/05/2011 06:13, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> In message<tvb4s65rbvr6uok50jvh51r8fttcv1k2dn@4ax.com>, Roedy Green
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>    From the quick exploration I did, it does not even support AWT, SWT or
>>>> Swing.
>>>
>>> That’s right. Desktop-oriented GUIs are a waste of time on an ultramobile
>>> device, as Microsoft found out with Windows Mobile.
>>
>> Only this year.
>
> The writing had been on the wall for many years, Microsoft just chose
> bury their heads in the sand, presumably thinking their monopoly of the
> desktop would carry them through. It's only really since the iPhone
> eclipsed the rest of the smartphone market, and caused it to wake up,
> that Microsoft actually thought they might need to do something.
>
>> A bit down the line and Tablets will be as powerful as today's desktop.
>>
>
> It's not about power, it's simple ergonomics. You can't operate a device
> with megapixel resoultion using a fat-finger. Windows Mobile requires a
> stylus, and that's not practical or desirable.
>
> A desktop GUI designed for operation by mouse/pointer and keyboard ain't
> going to work on a finger driven display. It requires a complete
> rethink, and redesign of the human interface. That's what Apple did, and
> got right, whilst Microsoft failed to do anything.
>

Well, an idea that is at least 15 years overdue is something I saw and 
used at a trade show around 1991. It was called (IIRC) an "eyephone". A 
projector that fitted over one eye, about the size of a pack of chewing gum.

Somebody is going to bring out a phone or Tablet with a megapixel 
version of that. It will be hailed as revolutionary.

-- 
Dirk

http://www.neopax.com/technomage/ - My new book - Magick and Technology

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  Re: Android apps development Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-04 16:55 -0400
  Re: Android apps development Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-04 22:07 -0700
    Re: Android apps development Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-05 17:13 +1200
      Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 16:18 +0100
        Re: Android apps development Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-05 08:43 -0700
        Re: Android apps development Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-05 09:11 -0700
          Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 21:07 +0100
            Re: Android apps development Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-05 16:57 -0400
            Re: Android apps development Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-05 15:27 -0700
              Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 10:51 +0100
                Re: Android apps development Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-05-06 16:14 -0700
                Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 01:05 +0100
                Re: Android apps development Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-07 15:52 +1200
        Re: Android apps development Sherm Pendley <sherm.pendley@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 15:28 -0400
        Re: Android apps development Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-06 11:48 +1200
          Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 10:53 +0100
        Re: Android apps development Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-06 09:49 +0100
          Re: Android apps development The Frog <mr.frog.to.you@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-06 02:15 -0700
          Re: Android apps development Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 10:56 +0100

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