LWN: Comments on "Sxmo: a text-centric mobile user interface"

Good desktop compatibility

smitty_one_each — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:33:57 +0000

For my pet project, I want to do both a TUI and keep visually impaired users in mind.

Are there any recommendations for desktop TUIs that would harmonize nicely with Sxmo at the implementation level?

Ergonomics

flussence — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:44:51 +0000

They've put a non-zero amount of thought into usability of the interface, as seen by the extra button padding on that incoming call screenshot. That's not all that far from zero though. It might be fine on a phone with a real keyboard and no touchscreen, or a device with a data-only SIM, but I wouldn't feel confident using it on typical hardware.

Text based?

python — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 21:19:31 +0000

At first glance I feel a little bit skeptical about a "text centric" interface being touch friendly. But the images make it look like it could be fairly usable if configured correctly.