<p>Switch.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br></p>
<p>But seriously, unless KDE makes a real effort here everything we do will become irrelevant in about 3-4 years from now. <br>
Unfortunately we will not make an effort :( Simply because the majority of our devs don't see it comming.<br>
Why, just this spring I was at tokamak (plasma development sprint ) and spoke to everyone about touch interface. The response I got was "not happening" :(<br>
So switch to iPad development, or to Android. <br>
Oh, and I'm typing this on my new Nexus One :)<br><br><br></p>
<p>Well I'm exaggerating of course :p but we really have to think about the future now, before it's too late. <br>
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<p>On Aug 12, 2010 9:50 PM, "Ian Wadham" <<a href="mailto:iandw.au@gmail.com">iandw.au@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> A year or two ago my wife bought an iPhone, one of several mobile phones<br>
> she has owned, including a high-end Nokia previously, but the iPhone was<br>> the first on which she was able to use all the functions, or at least willing <br>> to make the effort. On the iPhone she plays Sudoku, color Sudoku (using<br>
> colors instead of numbers), Mahjongg solitaire (in 3-D) and Whirlyword<br>> (a game to extract 3-6 letter words from 6 randomized letters).<br>> <br>> Recently, in June, she went out and bought an iPad, on the first day of<br>
> availability in Australia. Now she has given up using KDE/Linux. She<br>> does all of her browsing, gmailing and game-playing on one iBox or the<br>> other and is starting to manage photos on the iPad. She even reads<br>
> books on the iPad. This is a woman in her sixties we are talking about!<br>> <br>> Yesterday came the killer ... We have been discussing Palapeli on this<br>> list, but when our four-year old grandson was round at our house, she<br>
> brought up this iApp called Tozzle and he was entranced ...<br>> <br>> <a href="http://appshopper.com/games/tozzle-toddlers-favorite-puzzle">http://appshopper.com/games/tozzle-toddlers-favorite-puzzle</a><br>> <br>
> It's not the same game as Palapeli ... In Tozzle you just have to fit shapes<br>> into holes, but the quality of the graphics, animations and sound effects<br>> is amazing! Watch a two-year old playing it on Youtube ...<br>
> <br>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1GNMKtkHxA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1GNMKtkHxA</a><br>> <br>> One key to the iPhenomenon and its ease of use is the touch-screen.<br>> I wonder when/whether they are supported in KDE and when/whether<br>
> we will have touch-screen laptops. The iPad has a few limitations ...<br>> no USB port, difficult to print anything and it is even less flexible than<br>> Linuxes at handling Microsoft-oriented and other proprietary-format<br>
> attachments received on emails. I get a couple of forwards per week<br>> from my wife asking me to play the attachments.<br>> <br>> What I am wondering is whether KDE Games will ever be able to catch<br>> up or keep up with this kind of stuff? Or should I switch to writing iApps?<br>
> <br>> All the best, Ian W.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kde-games-devel mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:kde-games-devel@kde.org">kde-games-devel@kde.org</a><br>> <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-games-devel">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-games-devel</a><br>
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