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> What is your use case for this sort of device? We'd certainly like to support as many as possible without compromising the overall vision. You mention PDFs--i
by nixpulvis 5y ago
> What is your use case for this sort of device? We'd certainly like to support as many as possible without compromising the overall vision. You mention PDFs--is your use case for reading or creating documents?
Creating documents implies reading them in their final form, unless you have a publisher on staff. Even then I'd argue the medium matters. Most of the time I stick to plaintext, but there's a lot of value in PDF layout as well.
So yes, I plan to use this device for both reading and creating.
And I DO NOT trust my network connections. Just saying.
- torgoguys 5y agoGotcha. I don't think we could make this the right fit for you then, sorry. Well, the more I think about it, it's conceivable it could handle it with some small amount of extra hardware, but would take a LOT of software work and as hobbyists with no funding... > And I DO NOT trust my network connections. Just saying. Yes, this should be a hard pass for you then! (Unless built-in, dirt-cheap cell connectivity would assuage those concerns.)
- nixpulvis 5y agoMaybe you make a little RPi-like device that is designed to connect and host this thing as a module that attaches nicely to the enclosure. You could build out the whole idea as you have it and come back to this for people like me. Meanwhile, I might just carry around a RPi for this purpose, as long as they can share power easily. I hope I'm not being too discouraging. I really like this idea, which is why I'm pushing you on it a bit. I would love to help, but yea, fund-less hobbies are tough to get large scale support for. I wish I had more to offer.