Re: anyone ever run matchbox on a Psion?

on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:26:22AM -0400, Mordy Ovits wrote:
> 
> Well I took the binary from familiar (old) and it works a charm.  I'll send 
> you screenshot tonight.  I building 0.2.1 as I write this email.  We'll see 
> how that goes.
>
Thats fantastic news!
 
> Some issues/comments:
> 
> Boy is matchbox faster than windowmaker.  And way more usable with a pen.  
> And the startup time, wow.

cool. Matchbox could still be alot faster. Avoid themes with gradients
they are incredibly craply implemented.

> 
> The default colors dont have enough contract on a 16-gray screen.  No biggee.
> 

Try the 'blue theme' from the mb-themes tarball [1]

> I need a debian-menu-ified launcher that as light as matchbox and fits in 
> well.  Any recommendations?
>
grab mmenu tarball [1] , It parses debian style /usr/lib/menu. It does
however use xft for its fonts which may cause problems ... though its
on my TODO to remove this dependency.  
 
> The action buttons (close, next, etc...) are too small to be useful on my 
> screen.  Is there a reason why they arent fully flush to the edges of the 
> title bar?
> 
again, the 'blue theme' should be better. 

> Finally, I'm *very* pleased with matchbox on my psion.  
> 
Cool!

Also may I ask what psion model you are running it on ? Id like to maybe
pick one up. 

Oh and please dont forget the all important screenshot !!

  -- Matthew


[1] http://handhelds.org/~mallum/downloadables