Update - Where is Screens?

Hi Everyone, I haven't posted for a month and this post is explain why. Fear... fear of getting smashed was my reason untill I realized that it's my blog, so anything that happens, I can post without any problem. My blog, my reactions. Alot has happened in this last month which has required me to reget a big picture of Screens. Screens is not about being a good-ol launcher replacment or some niche enviroment to show 'I can do it'. Its about a stratergy and vision which I have and applying it to PalmOS devices. This stratergy and vision is not about handhelds today but more about tommorows handhelds. Todays handhelds are very limited, not in the hardware (my opinion) but in the software. If the software was top notch for the hardware, I would say the hardware needs improvement but today the hardware is driving the software. The same happened with PCs and which is why we never see any radical stuff happening... Because hardware moves slowly and thats how you see the software move - SLOW! Screens is designed to get the most out of the software and let hardware follow instead of being the leader. So what's been cooking: 1. Palm is making a linux-based version... Great! What does that mean for Screens... a great oppertunity. First of all, there are loads of different devices out there... and new will come with different specs. This will be hard for developers to code for all the different types. Screens solves that by design with it's action-key mapper for example. 2. Multi-tasking I think I have found a way to do semi pre-emptive multitasking which in this itself is a good enough reason to restart coding. By starting from a pre-emptive perspective (or even cooperative) I can let go of many old designs such as using a modal dialog for copy operations... why not show the progress under the object label itself. It gives Screens more room to innovate which I think is a good enough reason to reevaluate the core. 3. SMPI Screens has already defined a new syntax design which so far... I'm loving it. Instead of doing API, I am doing a SMPI (Screens Module Programming Interface) where the syntax is based more on modules than on applications. So far... so good. That's quite a short summary... I will probably (hopefully) write a few editorials on the matter. just remember that if you want Screens out faster... to help me speed up the proccess, PLEASE chat with me on MSN Messanger at zhamilton1@yahoo.co.uk