Monday, March 13, 2006
PalmOS To Get A New Look
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 04:00 PM
http://brighthand.com/article/Palm_UI_to_be_Redesigned
"A few weeks ago, PalmSource revealed more of its plans for the next version of the Palm OS, which will be based on Linux...Many have assumed that this will still have the same general look and feel as the this operating system has always had. Maureen O'Connell, PalmSource's Senior Director, Corporate Communications recently told Computing Unplugged that this isn't necessarily so. "It's not particularly our intention that MAX "inherit much of the traditional look and feel of the Palm OS" -- while this paradigm works fine on PDA-like devices with touchscreens, it's not as effective on more "phone like" devices -- MAX is intended to address both effectively," she said."
Obviously no one has told Ms. O'Connell that the Palm UI has the zen thing going on and needs no redesign. :roll:
"A few weeks ago, PalmSource revealed more of its plans for the next version of the Palm OS, which will be based on Linux...Many have assumed that this will still have the same general look and feel as the this operating system has always had. Maureen O'Connell, PalmSource's Senior Director, Corporate Communications recently told Computing Unplugged that this isn't necessarily so. "It's not particularly our intention that MAX "inherit much of the traditional look and feel of the Palm OS" -- while this paradigm works fine on PDA-like devices with touchscreens, it's not as effective on more "phone like" devices -- MAX is intended to address both effectively," she said."
Obviously no one has told Ms. O'Connell that the Palm UI has the zen thing going on and needs no redesign. :roll:
