plasma-mid (Mobile Internet Device)

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Monday 25 August 2008, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> Am Montag 25 August 2008 16:22 schrieb Artur Souza (MoRpHeUz):
> > Hey!
> >
> > 2008/8/24 Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org>:
> > > 5. create artwork for all this specific to the devices
> > > 6. research!
> >
> >   Just my 2 cents: our experience with n810 shows that end users tend
> > to like interfaces "thumb-friendly", so it would be great If we could
> > imagine an UI that the user could use mainly with his thumbs and just
> > use stylus for minor interactions.
>
> I'd second that.
>
> Also, I probably wouldn't focus the EEE series and "Netbook" class devices
> too much. They're just little clamshell PCs and have a regular keyboard and
> touchpad. Also, the screen resolution is close to regular laptops these
> days. The Eeepc 901 has a 8.9" 1024x600, the MSI Wind U100 is even 10.2".
> You can run a regular KDE on it without problems... 

.. and yet they still want a simplified default interface =)

so i think it's useful to continue to consider the application of plasma-mid 
to such devices, even if it is a bit of a secondary consideration.

> The N810 is a much better playground.

agreed ...

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