I am trying now the Mer 0.9 Generic x86 VMWare image under Virtual Box. It's interesting... and it's my first impression of what 'mer' feels and works like on a tablet.
For the heck of it I installed Abiword. And what do you know, it appears to work fine... no crashes or hi-cpu usage (once I turned automatic spell / grammar checking. It interacted with the virtual keyboard ok, ie., no problems or crashes while doing simple ediing of a 20+ page word document.
I wonder if what I saw is indeed what happens with a real tablet flashed with Mer... that would be the next interesting data point. It'd be nice to get some clues as to why Abiword missbehaves so badly in easy-mer.
I'd like to believe you, but I think Abiword has always been better behaved under X86, which is why the developers can't be bothered to fix it. But I think this is a foolish idea on their part, for reasons I've already mentioned...
The screen stays dim like it's gone to power saving mode just before shutting off. I can open the Brightness/Sound levels control panel from the icon at the top but I get no response from the intensity of the light. It just stays dim.
