{"id":316,"date":"2008-04-29T16:15:34","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T23:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/?p=316"},"modified":"2008-04-29T16:15:34","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T23:15:34","slug":"more-asus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurenwood.org\/anyway\/2008\/04\/more-asus\/","title":{"rendered":"More Asus"},"content":{"rendered":"

As inten\u00added, I did take the Asus eee pc<\/a> along on my trip to Maui last month. It was cer\u00adtainly a lot light\u00ader in the back\u00adpack than the usu\u00adal laptop. I even used it a bit (it has a fairly decent sudoku game on it). The wire\u00adless con\u00adnec\u00adtion was a little flaky; I could some\u00adtimes nom\u00adin\u00adally con\u00adnect to some wire\u00adless net\u00adwork but no bits would actu\u00adally flow down the pipes. The error mes\u00adsages were use\u00adless, but then there often isn\u2019t a lot to do when the wire\u00adless does\u00adn\u2019t work. Even\u00adtu\u00adally I found a net\u00adwork that did let me con\u00adnect prop\u00aderly, so I could check email and the odd web site.<\/p>\n

If I were to use the Asus a lot, I\u2019d need to fig\u00adure out a few dif\u00adfer\u00adent applic\u00ada\u00adtions; for a few days while trav\u00adel\u00adling or oth\u00ader\u00adwise not work\u00ading I can cope with check\u00ading feeds through browser-based applic\u00ada\u00adtions (after all, that\u2019s how many people actu\u00adally do check feeds, if my log files are to be believed) and fun\u00adnel\u00adling my per\u00adson\u00adal email through GMail, but even\u00adtu\u00adally I\u2019d want some\u00adthing bet\u00adter. Learn\u00ading the key\u00adboard short\u00adcuts does help, so maybe it would just be a mat\u00adter of get\u00adting used to those less-rich inter\u00adfaces. Or maybe they\u2019d get more annoy\u00ading over time?<\/p>\n

I\u2019d also want to tweak beha\u00adviour (move icons around in the tabbed win\u00addows), and add use\u00adful exten\u00adsions. For example, I use the CoLT exten\u00adsion<\/a> on Fire\u00adfox to copy the link and text, which is really handy on the small key\u00adboard. And I\u2019d need to learn more usab\u00adil\u00adity tips from sites such as the eee user for\u00adum<\/a>, such as the one about mov\u00ading big dia\u00adlog boxes around by keep\u00ading the Alt key pressed while drag\u00adging from inside the win\u00addow, so you can get to the but\u00adtons. I\u2019d prob\u00adably want to tweak my blo\u00adg\u2019s stylesheet as well; in fact I\u2019m think\u00ading about how to do that any\u00adway, hav\u00ading seen what it looks like on the small screen.<\/p>\n

The Asus may not quite be what Roger\u00ad\u2019s talk\u00ading about in his mani\u00adfesto for the walkaround-web tab\u00adlet<\/a>, but it does fill a def\u00adin\u00adite niche.<\/p>\n

And I haven\u2019t seen too<\/i> many bugs, although I\u2019ll close with the amus\u00ading pic\u00adture I snapped after leav\u00ading it in sus\u00adpend mode for a while\u2026<\/p>\n

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