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« on: October 27, 2004, 01:54:16 pm »
Requests for games, shoutcast, etc are all important, and I want those things too, but they're not things the pdaXrom dev team should be working on. You guys should be focused on the system as a platform for running apps. The rest of us should be stepping up to the plate to write apps for the platform (Thanks to the few who have already started on this...maybe over thanksgiving I can get my crosscompiler set up and join you)
The most important thing that I'm missing is support for my external keyboard (pockettop).
However, I'm not sure if that should be a feature of the OS or if it would be better implemented as an application. If the framework is already in place to allow for external keyboards (IR) and other input devices (USB mice and keyboards for when the RATOC card works), then I think you should not worry about it and let someone else implement the code for specific devices.
The other thing that irks me is the click-and-hold rightclick. Sometimes it's really nice. Sometimes it is too troublesome. Since it sounds like the functionality is implemented as a patch to TSLIB, this probably is something you guys should work on.
A nice little app that lets you turn that functionality on and off (via clicking a taskbar applet or one of the useless keyboard keys) would be a good start. Basically, a cross between how it works now, and how xmonobut worked. A mode for left click, right click, center click, and leftlick-hold-for-right-click in an app like xmonobut would be ideal to me.
I do think you should work on support for the other zauruses (Even though I don't have one), but I also think that should wait until you've got 1.1.0 finalized. I imagine the changes involved would justify a major change in version number, not a change from 1.1.0 RC6 to 1.1.0 RC7. Once we've got 1.1.0 Final out, then we should start discussing other Zauruses.
Another thing that I think should be worked on after 1.1.0 is final is an attempt to get software designed for sharp roms working on pdaXrom. But I think that supporting other zaurus models (especially the 6000 and the new clamshell) is more important.
Thanks again to the pdaXrom team for giving us such a great platform!