Comments on: Typed LIVE on the Nokia N800!

By: David Szpunar

David Szpunar — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:04:40 +0000

Yeah that’s OK, it’s not like we ran out of stuff to talk about! Frankly, discussion is better than toys, which I’m kind of surprised to hear myself saying :-) But yeah, I wouldn’t mind showing it off when given another chance ;-)

Glad you and the team made it back safely, hope it wasn’t too late.

By: Brett Anderson

Brett Anderson — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:36:16 +0000

Dude! I saw you grabbed the Nokia this afternoon but I never got to see it! Next time?

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:14:59 +0000

The regular mobile UI has the features you need and should be very fast as there’s no JS at all.

By: David Szpunar

David Szpunar — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:18:29 +0000

Ian — Yes, JavaScript does seem to be the culprit in slowdowns. For example, PassPack runs on the N800, but very slowly, and it pushes the limits of JavaScript speed in desktop browsers! Flash can be slow as well.

I’ll have to check out the iPhone UI, I remember you posting about it but I forgot all about it–and the name didn’t exactly ring any bells with my N800 :-) But it would probably work. I do many more private updates than public though, so that could be an issue, and I also utilize the time tracking function a lot (don’t know if that’s available or not). I’ll have to take a look soon.

I actually am considering taking a look at the Mobile Phone UI for HelpSpot on the N800, but I haven’t done it yet–I’m curious to see how usable (and fast) it is. The WPhone plugin I mentioned for WordPress, even without the iPhone tweaks, looks slick and works lightening fast on the N800 (and my Treo 650 for that matter :-)

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:41:43 +0000

Doesn’t sound to bad. I would guess from your other comments that anything which relies on a fair amount of javascript is going to be a little slow. That makes sense really as JS requires more client processing power, but good to hear most things are usuable for the most part.

For quick access you might want to install the HelpSpot iPhone UI. It’s simplier layout may be faster than the full UI (right now you can only do public updates to existing requests, not sure if that’s enough for you though you could always go to the full UI as needed).