Comments on: Introducing a “litl” internet computer http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/11/introducing-a-litl-internet-computer/ Mobile Technologist Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:40:17 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dale http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/11/introducing-a-litl-internet-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Dale Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:22:44 +0000 http://dalerankine.com/?p=584#comment-116 Thanks Phil. Thanks Phil.

]]> By: litl_phil http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/11/introducing-a-litl-internet-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-115 litl_phil Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:35:17 +0000 http://dalerankine.com/?p=584#comment-115 I'm not sure if Kathryn was around when that decision was made or not, but please feel free to dive in K. or Chuck. As I recall at the time it was not at all clear when hw acceleration for Poulsbo would make an appearance in Open Screen. We had to be sure we would have hw acceleration for channels so we went with this two-flash implementation. I’m not sure if Kathryn was around when that decision was made or not, but please feel free to dive in K. or Chuck.

As I recall at the time it was not at all clear when hw acceleration for Poulsbo would make an appearance in Open Screen.

We had to be sure we would have hw acceleration for channels so we went with this two-flash implementation.

]]> By: Dale http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/11/introducing-a-litl-internet-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Dale Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:25:24 +0000 http://dalerankine.com/?p=584#comment-114 Thanks Chuck. This is also for Kathryn, but I believe that hardware accelerated H.264 video and bitmap caching are part of Flash Lite 3.1 for the Digital Home. What was the reasoning behind working with Calsoft on a custom implementation and not working with Adobe on the Flash Lite player implementation (maybe as part of the Open Screen Project)? Was it more to do with fine tuning the player to your custom OS? Thanks Chuck. This is also for Kathryn, but I believe that hardware accelerated H.264 video and bitmap caching are part of Flash Lite 3.1 for the Digital Home. What was the reasoning behind working with Calsoft on a custom implementation and not working with Adobe on the Flash Lite player implementation (maybe as part of the Open Screen Project)? Was it more to do with fine tuning the player to your custom OS?

]]> By: Dale http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/11/introducing-a-litl-internet-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Dale Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:21:45 +0000 http://dalerankine.com/?p=584#comment-113 Thanks Phil for clarifying that point on the use of Flash Lite outside of the litl browser. Looking forward to blogging more about the litl ecosystem and developer opportunity. Thanks Phil for clarifying that point on the use of Flash Lite outside of the litl browser. Looking forward to blogging more about the litl ecosystem and developer opportunity.

]]> By: litl_phil http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/11/introducing-a-litl-internet-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-112 litl_phil Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:20:23 +0000 http://dalerankine.com/?p=584#comment-112 Awesome, thanks Dale! We certainly see our device and approach as disruptive. Our vision is to build a new platform for web access and the webbook is just the start. We want to get rid of all the claptrap (both hardware and software) that bogs the web experience down for so many users. Channels are a key part of our strategy, taming selected webapps and streaming media and effectively making these a logical part of our card-based UI. We're over the moon about hiring Chuck and I'll make sure he sees this page. One clarification (quoting litl's Kathryn): the flash lite player is used by custom channels no matter which view (card/full/channel), whereas the litl’s web browser uses the flash 10 browser plugin. Awesome, thanks Dale! We certainly see our device and approach as disruptive. Our vision is to build a new platform for web access and the webbook is just the start. We want to get rid of all the claptrap (both hardware and software) that bogs the web experience down for so many users. Channels are a key part of our strategy, taming selected webapps and streaming media and effectively making these a logical part of our card-based UI.

We’re over the moon about hiring Chuck and I’ll make sure he sees this page.

One clarification (quoting litl’s Kathryn): the flash lite player is used by custom channels no matter which view (card/full/channel), whereas the litl’s web browser uses the flash 10 browser plugin.

]]> By: Chuck Freedman http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/11/introducing-a-litl-internet-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Chuck Freedman Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:36:49 +0000 http://dalerankine.com/?p=584#comment-111 Thanks for your great comments and compliments! While we continue to ready the developer platform aspect of litl, I wanted to point you to a couple of blog posts that litl's own Kathryn Rotondo has posted: On litl channels... http://www.kathrynrotondo.com/weblog/?p=710 On litl using actionscript... http://www.kathrynrotondo.com/weblog/?p=714 Stay tuned for more details on developer opportunities (http://www.litl.com) and enjoy the amazing litl device! Thanks for your great comments and compliments! While we continue to ready the developer platform aspect of litl, I wanted to point you to a couple of blog posts that litl’s own Kathryn Rotondo has posted:

On litl channels…
http://www.kathrynrotondo.com/weblog/?p=710

On litl using actionscript…
http://www.kathrynrotondo.com/weblog/?p=714

Stay tuned for more details on developer opportunities (http://www.litl.com) and enjoy the amazing litl device!

]]> By: kathryn http://dalerankine.com/index.php/2009/11/introducing-a-litl-internet-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-110 kathryn Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:25:07 +0000 http://dalerankine.com/?p=584#comment-110 hi dale! i'm a channel developer at litl and we are delighted to have chuck on board. also looking forward to sharing more news and tools with developers, stay tuned! hi dale! i’m a channel developer at litl and we are delighted to have chuck on board. also looking forward to sharing more news and tools with developers, stay tuned!

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