Getting organized (21.1.2006)

I've been meaning to install and tame Minimo on my PDA for some time. Finally, I can tap my way through my first blog posting from this cute little browser. I had to switch off the SSR (Small Screen Rendering) feature, but now, at last, my PocketPC displays web pages in a manner that is suitable for human consumption. I never understood why IE, after quite a number of releases of the Windows Mobile/CE platform, still sucks that badly as a browser.

Typing with the stylus is a pain in the youknowwhere, so I probably won't be blogging from my PDA that often But still, I love the Minimo browser, even though it is in its early infancy. It seems to do a much better job at displaying most web sites than IE; it groks the CSS-based layout of my own web site; it makes use of the VGA screen on my PDA; and I can now even use TWiki's direct editing facilities from my organizer. This project really makes me wonder what it would take to start developing for the PocketPC platform...

And then there is Rory Blyth's Tiny Things podcast which is also wetting my appetite for those little gadgets. But even if you couldn't care less about mobile platforms, I hereby guarantee that listening to the intro section of each of the episodes will give you a good chuckle. Well, let's say that I'll guarantee a chuckle only if you promise that you won't sue me for making such potentially groundless claims. You'll know what I mean once you've listened in to Rory's show.

Man, I long for a real keyboard now.

-- ClausBrod - 21 Jan 2006

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