OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/18187/Syllable_Dev_Build_with_New_ABrowse_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2010, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:48:59 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com A step closer to usefulness http://osnews.com/thread?252416 http://osnews.com/thread?252416 I'm assuming this is the new Webkit based Abrowse, which takes the browser into a much more useful direction, good for them. How is the mail client these days? Last time I used it, it wasn't quite up to day to day usefulness as far as I was concerned. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bsharitt) Comments An idea for Syllable: Dashboard-like widgets http://osnews.com/thread?252426 http://osnews.com/thread?252426 Since they've now ported WebKit over to Syllable, I wonder if they can build a widget application layer like Dashboard on top of WebKit as well.

I imagine that it would be a good way to start off with creating more applications that Syllable users can use.

I mean, if Firefoxit ( http://firefoxit.blogspot.com ) could add widget/gadget functionality to Firefox, then why not Syllable? Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (raynevandunem) Comments RE: A step closer to usefulness http://osnews.com/thread?252508 http://osnews.com/thread?252508
How is the mail client these days?


I guess it depends on when you last tried Whisper. It is now at "Alpha8". It's now shaping up to be a fairly solid little client, but the biggest single complaint to date is the lack of IMAP support: Whisper currently only supports POP3 & [E]SMTP. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Vanders) Comments Re: Widgets http://osnews.com/thread?252512 http://osnews.com/thread?252512 I think the problem that's prohibiting the implementation of widgets etc is purely a lack of developers... Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tunkaflux) Comments RE[2]: A step closer to usefulness http://osnews.com/thread?252535 http://osnews.com/thread?252535 Ah, so still a bit to go. Either way, it looks like the one of the most promising alternative operating systems out there. Keep up the good work! Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bsharitt) Comments RE: Re: Widgets http://osnews.com/thread?252536 http://osnews.com/thread?252536 Yeah, considering the work that still needs to go into the operating system itself, much less the "major" applications, I would think a widgets frame work would be lower on the priority list. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bsharitt) Comments RE[2]: A step closer to usefulness http://osnews.com/thread?252563 http://osnews.com/thread?252563 Just to check up, I finally go the VMware image just to have fresh look at Syllable(only 6.3, so no new WebKit goodness). It's still progressing steadily, but there are still rough edges, though some of my problems were VMware slowness related. Unfortunately there is still the lack applications(or quality thereof), but still shaping up nicely. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bsharitt) Comments RE[3]: A step closer to usefulness http://osnews.com/thread?252574 http://osnews.com/thread?252574 Yes, it's the usual problem: we need more developers. Hopefully the new stuff we're doing will help attract some more, but it's tough to establish a new OS like Syllable no matter what. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Vanders) Comments