Hi, This basically dropped off the radar for me, something I meant to bring up often, but never got around to. I don't really have the time to kick this along anymore, especially at the moment, I'm stretched enough to find free time to do my own hacking. If you (or anyone else) would like to champion the effort, that would be great, and I'd be happy to offer what support I can to it.
As to your specific issues, if there's things you'd like to work on, talking on IRC is probably a good first step. For the display buttons issue, you want to take a look at what keycode the display buttons generate, and meego-ux-daemon for the home key handling. I'm pretty sure it has a gconf key to specify what key to use as a home key. -- Robin Burchell http://rburchell.com On 12 May 2011 12:44, Sivan Greenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > So to be more specific, if I want to help the Tablet UX now to fix > browsing gmail and Facebook and to perhaps use one of the ideapad's > display buttons as the home button rather then the windows key, whom > do I talk to, how do I start? Where can I get a mentor? > > -Sivan > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Sivan Greenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> Has anything progressed on this? >> >> -Sivan >> >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Robin Burchell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> *** [cross-posting since this is a big topic, please direct feedback >>> to meego-community list to keep traffic in one place] *** >>> >>> I've a bit of a plan I'd like to outline, and call for comments on. >>> (And volunteers, hopefully, otherwise I shall be rather busy!) >>> >>> This is mostly targetted at existing application developer-type >>> people, especially those with Qt knowledge, although all are welcome >>> to participate in some way or another. >>> >>> Some background: >>> We have a lot of highly productive developers that are not sure how >>> their skills will remain relevant in a MeeGo context. We can't afford >>> to lose them through neglect. >>> There are also even more developers not familiar with MeeGo. When they >>> find us, we have to grab them and keep them. >>> >>> Basically, we can't afford to lose our developers, and we need to gain >>> more. I need help. I've written tutorials and helped a lot of people >>> in the past, but frankly, it is not enough. We need to do more. The >>> hands of many lighten that load. >>> >>> >>> What? >>> ===== >>> The success of a platform is usually directly linked to its support >>> and nurturing of developer talent. Great platforms have often withered >>> without developer attention, and bad platforms have survived technical >>> flaws thanks to high developer engagement and retention. >>> >>> I think we need this around MeeGo, and our related platform - Qt. >>> >>> Specifically, we need to provide education, support (moral and >>> technical), and a feedback cycle - for application developers. >>> >>> Or, in a word: Mentoring. >>> - Helping new developers find their feet >>> - Teaching developers new tricks >>> - Exchanging knowledge throughout the community to ensure equal footing >>> >>> A simple summary would be that *no* application developer should feel >>> alone, or be confused. ;) >>> >>> As an added benefit, rough edges and other nasties become more >>> obvious, and can (hopefully) be addressed instead of falling to the >>> wayside, and losing valuable developers as a consequence. >>> >>> >>> How? >>> ==== >>> Tutorials >>> - Wiki based >>> - Forum threads for feedback and questions >>> >>> Classes >>> - On IRC >>> - Covering tutorial material and topics which don't quite fit into a >>> tutorial, e.g. "how to write responsive UI" >>> - Possibly split out into a tutorial *after* each class, if the topic >>> is self-contained enough >>> >>> Mentoring >>> - A 'buddy' type system. Skilled developers offer to take on an eager >>> trainee or two (or three or four) and 'show them the ropes'. It might >>> be as simple as asking them how their project is going, and where >>> they're getting stuck - from time to time - or as difficult as >>> actually pitching in and helping them hack. Not really a role I want >>> to define in terms beyond something like a 'big geeky brother'. :) >>> >>> >>> Where do I sign up? >>> ================ >>> I've set up a wiki page containing a copy of this material at: >>> http://wiki.meego.com/DeveloperEngagement >>> >>> If you're interested in helping out as a mentor, or with classes or >>> tutorials, please add yourself to the list. >>> >>> A sidenote: please let's not discuss the material now, because it's >>> practically infinite :). I'm specifically after feedback on this >>> proposal, and volunteers to step up to help get the ball rolling. >>> >>> Finally: >>> I realise this sounds very Qt-centric, and well, it is - for two >>> reasons. Firstly, that's my prime area of expertise, and secondly.. >>> MeeGo is focusing on Qt as the toolset to use for application >>> developers. If your skills aren't in the Qt arena, you can still be of >>> help - providing other facets of developer knowledge (best practices, >>> how to use version control, etc), or perhaps by being the guinea-pigs >>> to run through early versions of tutorials. >>> >>> -- >>> Robin Burchell >>> http://rburchell.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MeeGo-community mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community >>> >> > _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines
