[NTLK] Newton Ux

[L.W. Brown]

Just my thought: not a color os, but color just in appropriate apps: pix, videos, drawing...

-L.W. Brown
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> On Mar 14, 2017, at 13:00, Jeff Sheldon <jeffsheldon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All the comments on this topic are extremely valuable.  I especially
> appreciate that spectrum of pros/cons/obstacles and grounded thoughts on
> the matter.  Part of the reason I first asked was to get an idea of whether
> people seem to be fine with things the way they are, design-wise, or if
> there's an eventual desire to take things, visually anyway, a different
> direction.  This could of course be many years away.
> 
> As for color and whatnot, I'm making the assumption that Newton Inc.
> considered this inevitability fairly strongly and had some solid ideas in
> the works that would have merit in fulfilling.  My message to Mr. Yamashita
> was enthusiastically passed on, but I haven't heard anything back yet and
> might not (will check back in).
> 
> Mostly I'm just curious as to what the general atmosphere around this issue
> is.
> 
> The comments about iOS and the handheld bring up the issues of tangible
> usability and presence.  I just bought a $13 1st gen iPod Touch, jailbroke
> it, and am playing around with the idea of compiling a super slow instance
> of Einstein for it.  Has anyone already done this on any i-device and have
> any thoughts on the usability?  I seem to recall hearing that at least one
> person here has done it.
> 
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Ermin Mistica <erminmistica at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> That's an awesome explanation. I've recently started on a road to a new
>> career and am learning how to code. One of the things I promised myself a
>> decade ago was to learn NewtonScript if I could and contribute to this
>> Operating System/Community.
>> 
>> Until this day watching the old Newton commercials and demos brings a
>> certain "warmth" to my heart. We were really part of a revolution. One that
>> the rest of the world is realizing these last ten years with iOS and
>> Android. A handheld is commonplace now. Woo Hoo! But none so far really
>> touch on the sometimes awkward, very much awesome steps the Newton made.
>> 
>> I look forward to what comes even if it remains in "hobbyist" hands.
>> 
>> Newton On!
>> 
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>>> On Mar 14, 2017, at 8:29 AM, Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, this brings up a thought-provoking question: is there a point in
>> the future when we will choose to abandon the original Newton OS in favor
>> of a (greatly) improved version?
>>> 
>>> In other words, will we soon choose to run only Einstein (or some
>> derivative) instead of the original Newton OS because it offers more
>> features, speed, etc.?
>>> 
>>> In a way, this is already happening. While years ago, some on NTLK
>> lamented longer messages and content unfriendly to downloading email on the
>> Newton itself (such as HTML links); the argument was that one of the joys
>> of using the Newton was receiving email from NTLK. Such content/length made
>> that less and less viable.
>>> 
>>> I still enjoy reading email on my MP, but it is becoming more and more
>> of a challenge. I'm not suggesting that we do away with links or other
>> things that impede that process; just that we have moved away from using
>> the Newton for such things.
>>> 
>>> Might we (eventually) also move away from the original platform in other
>> ways as well?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Forrest
>>> 
>>> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 6 Plus
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 13, 2017, at 4:00 PM, Grant Hutchinson <grant at splorp.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2017-03-13, at 4:41 PM, Daniel Parnell wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> If we got enough people coding away to add unimplemented functions
>> then it could be done, but I agree, it’s a huge job!
>>>> 
>>>> That's a perfect application of the infinite monkey theorem.
>>>> 
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem
>>>> 
>>>> g.
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