NO new software

[coolass]

Is it me or does it seem like software development for the Z has stopped. I haven't seen any new software on the ZSI in a month.......

[iamasmith]

Check out the Queue of waiting stuff, however, most of the 'new' stuff is commercial Windows stuff that people are trying SPAM onto it. There are some useful updates though - FreeNoteQT.

[lareya]

I am awaiting the new word processing software, (TextMaker) anyway, just waiting for it to get out of beta.  That is really all I am missing....well, I would like a lot more software too.  I would like a EASY scripting program for the Z. Something that already has built in screen and key stuff.  In the hp200lx world, there was a LX Batch, I really loved it!


Lareya

[lardman]

Something that already has built in screen and key stuff.

If you want proper scripting then install opie-sh (which is also available for the Sharp ROMs) and then you can use dialog windows, etc. from your shell scripts.

Otherwise what about something like Python?


Si

[Miami_Bob]

In the hp200lx world, there was a LX Batch, I really loved it!

Lareya

Yeh. And those system macros were a great feature of the HP-LXs, as well. Nothing at all near like them that I've seen for the C860.

Pity that someone hasn't made a device that combines the elegant sophistication & ease of use of the 200LX with the hardware power of the Zaurus lines & the software power of the Linux OS.

I STILL have to fall back often now on the 200LX for tasks that my C860s just do not have the software / firmware capabilities to handle correctly.

Sigh.