=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'd be interested in more info. Or atleast demo it. Sounds very interesting. Wish I could have seen it. nathan Am Donnerstag 30 Januar 2003 07:43 vormittags schrieb Vaughn Treude: > Nathan, > You're right, we don't have the website up yet. Since you asked . . . > > Fab4Linux is (we believe) a new step in the evolution of the graphic user > interface. It's a program that will allow you to perform many of the > operations that required use of the mouse with the keyboard, which is far > more efficient. (Not that the mouse isn't good for graphics-related and > infrequently-performed tasks, it is.) Unlike the command line interface, > you won't have to memorize a lot of commands and options. Fab4Linux > assigns commonly-performed tasks (program launches, text insertion, window > navigation) to the three main rows of the keyboard, and creates a graphic > map on the desktop that lets you see assign captions and icons to the key= s. > Unlike traditional macro programs, you don't have to remember what the key > sequences are, and, because there's a visual map of the keys, you can have > multiple menus for multiple purposes. It's designed to get out of your w= ay > (so you can type normally) with a single key press, and be re-activated > with one control+key press. It's still in the beta stage right now, and I > demoed that beta for the east and west side meetings. It's not > open-source, but we're giving away the betas and we're planning to sell t= he > final product pretty cheap, probably $30 or less. > > If you're interested, I can send you more info. > > Vaughn Treude > Nakota Software, Inc. > in association with Fabuluss Software (Fab4Linux) > > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 09:53, you wrote: > > What is Fab4Linux ? > > > > Google returns a couple links to the as yet web site... > > Being in Payson, I don't make the meetings! > > > > nathan > > > > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 09:06 pm, Alan Dayley wrote: > > > So, post a review, those of you trying it out. Do you like it? Does > > > it work? Are you using it on GNOME or KDE or both? Where/when can > > > others get it? > > > > > > When they presented on the east side, they were not ready to provide = it > > > to us. > > > > > > Someone write up a summary of the meeting and submit it as a news item > > > on the web site. Then, someone write up a review for the Review > > > section of the web site. > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > From: BoBB > > > Sent: 01/29/03 11:42 AM > > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > Subject: Fab4Linux > > > > > > > There was talk at the meeting of how to try out the software witho= ut > > > > > > possibly fubaring your system(Michelle was the unlucky first one) and= i > > > found that if you just open up /etc/ld.so.conf and at the bottom add > > > > > > /where/you/untar'd/it/Fab1-02/lib > > > > > > save it and run ldconfig. Then you can run Fab4Linux from the Fab1-02 > > > directory. It runs great except at 1600x1200 it takes up alot of room > > > heh. probably 1/3rd of the screen, haven't found a way to make it > > > smaller yet aside from shrinking the window size but the keys dont > > > scale down =3D/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss =2D --=20 Nathan England Arcanum Linux ! nathan at the-arcanum.org jabber id: linuxjunkie@jabber.earth.li "A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular." =2D --Adlai Stevenson Registered Linux User #189789, Machine #106603 www.sincerechoice.org Spam related material will be forwarded to: uce@ftc.gov =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Oh7vQ7yNnsYcupwRAsTxAJ459PjOl9Nm9AX+fugNTL43PgjRIwCZARS1 L3PgmQz5CqORXOMVb8SWfNg=3D =3DFRrT =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----