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Originally Posted by ulises View Post
Aye up chaps,

First post in this forum.

I recently got my 770 and I love the beast. Sure, it's not the best in the range but it does the job.

Wanting to change the appearance and interaction I started toying with openbox, etc. but they are oriented to desktops therefore the interaction with the tablet is somewhat cumbersome.

I agree that a new approach would be very nice, in fact, I've been looking for a project to start coding for the tablet and this might actually be it.

Needless to say, I'm no graphics designer, more like a programmer (and even bad at that) but I'm willing to put the effort. So, could someone please direct me to a thread where the action is? Or maybe a project I can join and start contributing?

From the top of my head, the Ubuntu UI looks nice, I don't know about the interaction because I haven't tested it (if that's even possible). Still, the iphone approach seems to the be the preferred one for this type of device and I agree (until something better appears).

Anyway, cheerio!

U
Read this:

http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~sean/stuff/n800/

first. It's a comparison between the UI of the Best Handheld Ever <TM> and that of the Nokia Internet Tablets. It'll tach you what Nokia did wrong (and the very few things they accidentally got right).

If you've never actually owned a Newton, read the article twice.

Edit: Also, don't forget to read this:

http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/stuff/n800/2007trip/

It's a bit outdated (especially the remarks about mplayer), but it's a fun (in a self-mutilating sort of way) read with lots of information for the budding UI designer.
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Last edited by Karel Jansens; 2008-01-16 at 17:28.