Comments on: Goals for OS2008 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/ Highlighting great applications and services for the Maemo platform Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:41:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: spidy http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-707 spidy Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:14:20 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-707 More Improvement Suggestions from a user interface designer! The Home Screen: This needs to be redone. I would much prefer to see a modular space like igoogle.com implementation. Each module is defined in usable areas and layout options can be selected for each applet. ie full module or collapsed Maybe even a tab structure that can be filled with application shortcuts or mini versions of the apps. Screen Off Feature: There needs to be an easy way to turn the screen off and locking it but not turning off the device. I would follow the iPhone usability for this feature, where the power button turns the screen off and when you hold it down you turn the device off. Finger Vs. Stylus: The finger usability should not compromise the stylus input. This can be address by using input size comparison. If you are using the stylus the input size and pressure is concentrated in a smaller area and if you are using a finger the input are is much larger and should enable a response system for finger use. i.e. if you were to click on a button with a stylus it should respond normally and if you are using your finger it should maybe get magnified first or some kind of alert to tell the user that they are currently on a specific icon or interface. I'm going to use the iPhone again for example; their implementation of they touch keyboard does this excellently! More Improvement Suggestions from a user interface designer!

The Home Screen:
This needs to be redone. I would much prefer to see a modular space like igoogle.com implementation. Each module is defined in usable areas and layout options can be selected for each applet. ie full module or collapsed
Maybe even a tab structure that can be filled with application shortcuts or mini versions of the apps.

Screen Off Feature:
There needs to be an easy way to turn the screen off and locking it but not turning off the device. I would follow the iPhone usability for this feature, where the power button turns the screen off and when you hold it down you turn the device off.

Finger Vs. Stylus:
The finger usability should not compromise the stylus input. This can be address by using input size comparison. If you are using the stylus the input size and pressure is concentrated in a smaller area and if you are using a finger the input are is much larger and should enable a response system for finger use. i.e. if you were to click on a button with a stylus it should respond normally and if you are using your finger it should maybe get magnified first or some kind of alert to tell the user that they are currently on a specific icon or interface. I’m going to use the iPhone again for example; their implementation of they touch keyboard does this excellently!

]]> By: Add Keyboard OS2007 - Dogpile Web Search http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Add Keyboard OS2007 - Dogpile Web Search Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:14:39 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-546 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] appear. www.maxartonline.com/blog/2007/03/04/review-n800/ [Found on Ask.com] 19. Featured Maemo Apps " Goals for OS2008 Each one will add to the list of improvements we've already received. ... Enable additional [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] appear. http://www.maxartonline.com/blog/2007/03/04/review-n800/ [Found on Ask.com] 19. Featured Maemo Apps " Goals for OS2008 Each one will add to the list of improvements we’ve already received. … Enable additional [...]

]]> By: Momchil Karabulev http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Momchil Karabulev Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:27:19 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-543 i think it's important to add a shortcut to switch keyboard layouts when using bluetooth keyboard. just like this is implemented in linux or windows i think it’s important to add a shortcut to switch keyboard layouts when using bluetooth keyboard. just like this is implemented in linux or windows

]]> By: timsamoff http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-537 timsamoff Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:52:21 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-537 Thanks, Jonathan... I'm going to try to work a couple of these aspects into my UI doc. Thanks, Jonathan… I’m going to try to work a couple of these aspects into my UI doc.

]]> By: Khertan http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Khertan Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:29:30 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-534 jaffa > don't find it. I dream about a small repository with a html front end, where user can add their package only by uploading a .deb and after a validation, their package appear magically in the repository ... jaffa > don’t find it.

I dream about a small repository with a html front end, where user can add their package only by uploading a .deb and after a validation, their package appear magically in the repository …

]]> By: Quim http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Quim Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:25:53 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-531 Please don't encourage people to create their own repositories. If someone wants to do it, fine. However, in maemo-developers we are discussing extras-devel and extras as default placeholder, being both repositories meant to be maintained by the community (details being discussed as well). Please don’t encourage people to create their own repositories. If someone wants to do it, fine. However, in maemo-developers we are discussing extras-devel and extras as default placeholder, being both repositories meant to be maintained by the community (details being discussed as well).

]]> By: fanoush http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-530 fanoush Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:04:21 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-530 Might be useful to file your issues in bugzilla too. The "Scrolling in menus (system or application) should let me move all the way around" is already there, feel free to vote for it and add comments http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=987 Might be useful to file your issues in bugzilla too.
The “Scrolling in menus (system or application) should let me move all the way around” is already there, feel free to vote for it and add comments
http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=987

]]> By: Jaffa http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Jaffa Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:04:48 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-529 @Khertan: dput is just a basic wrapper around ssh, AIUI. Search maemo-developers there are details on uploading to extras(-devel now) without dput. @Khertan: dput is just a basic wrapper around ssh, AIUI.

Search maemo-developers there are details on uploading to extras(-devel now) without dput.

]]> By: ossi1967 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-526 ossi1967 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:39:25 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-526 You say "Finger taps should be the preferred and optimized mode for things." This is becoming the subject of more and more emotional discussions in various forums. A lot of people seem to like using fingers instead of a stylus for reasons I simply have to accept (but will never understand). There are, however, people like me who prefer the stylus. Now moving everything towards "finger friendly" would have some serious drawbacks (the new main menu, for example, is a mess, and we'd see more of it then). - I'd prefer giving users the choice. The choice we already have with two keyboard layouts. The choice we used to have in OS2007's main menu. Make it a system setting: "finger" or "stylus" and let the OS adapt. I dont see any use in annoying part of the user base by dictating the way of use. You say “Finger taps should be the preferred and optimized mode for things.”

This is becoming the subject of more and more emotional discussions in various forums. A lot of people seem to like using fingers instead of a stylus for reasons I simply have to accept (but will never understand).

There are, however, people like me who prefer the stylus.

Now moving everything towards “finger friendly” would have some serious drawbacks (the new main menu, for example, is a mess, and we’d see more of it then). – I’d prefer giving users the choice. The choice we already have with two keyboard layouts. The choice we used to have in OS2007’s main menu. Make it a system setting: “finger” or “stylus” and let the OS adapt. I dont see any use in annoying part of the user base by dictating the way of use.

]]> By: Khertan http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Khertan Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:16:45 +0000 http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/11/28/goals-for-os2008/#comment-525 >"Use a repository for your application" Yes of course, but it's really annoying that there isn't simple method to create a repository except on debian system, and when i follow the debian tutorial to create a debian repository it's fail on the maemo app manager. There is community repository for maemo, the extra, but you need to use an other debian tool dput. And requirement to upload a deb are very annoying ! Specially for onboard developpers like me, which create his package onboard. >”Use a repository for your application”

Yes of course, but it’s really annoying that there isn’t simple method to create a repository except on debian system, and when i follow the debian tutorial to create a debian repository it’s fail on the maemo app manager.

There is community repository for maemo, the extra, but you need to use an other debian tool dput. And requirement to upload a deb are very annoying ! Specially for onboard developpers like me, which create his package onboard.

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