fpgroups.com: Revised chat room

[fp at casabellagallery.com]

Ken posted:

> > Baby steps, baby steps!  I am willing and I will address suggestions posted
> > here and/or in the fpgroups.com suggestions box.  Mobil application is not
> > in the "To do" list ... This is funny, now the filePro community moved to
> > iPod and iPhone ... When did this happen?  Forgive me, I've been away for a
> > couple of years.  8-)
> 
> Our company uses IPAQ's and similar PDA's extensively and have a
> number of web based filepro backed pages formatted for PDA's so that
> our staff can perform tasks 24/7 as they are sometimes required to do
> since we are a 24/7 aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul
> business. (And before anyone asks, following the email the other day
> about the goats and Nepal airlines, yes Nepal Airlines is one of our
> customers and yes they do do the goat thing with aircraft quite
> regularly).
> 
> On the initial page we "sniff" the browser and return a page formatted
> for the PDA rather than a browser on a 17" screen.
> 
> Why wouldn't I want to maybe chat in the fpgroup chat room on my PDA
> while travelling home on the bus or train or at any other time I only
> had my PDA for connectivity.
> 
> So don't put it down, it is here and now for filePro apps.
> 
> I hate going to web sites that won't/don't work on PDA's.  If they
> aren't popular why do so many sites, google, hotmail (or whatever it
> is called these days), have specific versions for PDA's and
> Smartphones as do so many other sites.
> 

Then I guess I better get with the program and write some script
to do that as well.  The truth is that it has not crossed my mind.

Hey, I am having a hard time as it is, imaging if I expected them
to visit fpgroups.com off their iPhones and PDAs as well   8-)

You know, I think I'll look into it just to take away any excuses
they may have.

Would you care to point me in the right direction?  I can write
some simple JS to capture screen resolution W x H minus bars but
I am not sure this is even the beginning for what you are talking
about.

Any way, I do have a PDA + filePro project in the near future.  It
just might be a good idea to start dusting my tool-box and getting
some new tools in there.

Regards,

Jose Lerebours


PS:  I did not mean to imply that this is not something filePro
     community at large uses.