Re: [NTLK] Idea: Newton Widget ~= Newton on iPhone?

I don't think javascript alone is capable of such low level character
recognition, Thought the rest is probably possible.

Thomas Brand (T2)
mynewtonblog.net

On Jun 2, 2007, at 4:27 PM, Martin Joseph wrote:

>
> On Jun 2, 2007, at 4:17 AM, Thomas Brand (T2) wrote:
>
>> I am hoping this is a joke.
> No, it's not a joke at all. It's really a sound theory, although
> implementing it would be quite a feat.
>
> Marty
>> <snip>
>>> Follow my logic:
>>> The iPhone has Safari,
>>> Safari is powered by WebKit,
>>> WebKit also powers the OS X Dashboard,
>>> Dashboard widgets are made out of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript,
>>> Apple released an entire Widget development tool called DashCode,
>>> DashCode widgets can do lots of very interesting things,
>>> JavaScript is the one programing language that Apple could use to
>>> prevent runaway apps
>>> Runaway and other bad apps are a priority for Apple to prevent on
>>> the iPhone.
>>>
>>> Therefore:
>>>
>>> If someone makes a Newton Emulation Widget
> <snip>
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