Minimo questions/suggestions

"RomeoJava" <[email protected]> 4 Sep 2005 05:02:54 -0700
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Hi Doug,

Firstly I'd like to say how grateful I am of Doug doing this port, the
progress is very impressive so far, considering the difference between
the hardware of desktops and PDAs.

Firstly, a question. The menu system: menus seem to be coded in a way
that is not native to PPC2K3 e.g. drawn out in graphics instead of
using a menu function provided by the OS. Is this the case? The menus
just seem a little temperamental and unresponsive at times.

Secondly, how much control does Minimo have over the displaying and
hiding of the keyboard? I for one use a PDA with a hardware keyboard
and therefore the keyboard popping up all the time is frustrating. Do
you think it is possible to put an option to stop it popping up in the
preferences dialogue you have written in your roadmap for 009?

Next thing is a suggestion which I think would greatly improve the
usability of Minimo. If any hyperlinks try to open up a new window,
could this be loaded in a new tab? And also, if you hold the stylus
down on a hyperlink, in the context menu along with the toggle full
screen and call options, a open in new tab option would be great.

Last observation is that when the (again seem to be non-native) scroll
bars, if you hold down on the arrows or to drag the bar, the circle of
dots appears as if you were wanting a context menu. It is a silly thing
that I should be able to ignore, but when you are used to the way the
interface works in PP2K3, then if is very confusing when that happens.

Hope this all makes sense and doesn't seem too much like complaining,
you really have done great work and these relatively small things
should really increase it's usability.

Rj :o)