Thanks for this Carsten, Not having attended the SF2001 conf, I was really interested in seeing how this BoF went.
On 23 Jun 2011, at 18:58, Carsten Munk wrote: > Hi, > > We had a great BoF session on the topic of Reinvigorating MeeGo > Netbook. Hirally Santiago Rodriguez took notes for this session and > Gail Frederick was hosting the session. > > Here are the notes - thanks to Hillary for sending them to me :), > please do follow up about the topics mentioned here on this mailing > list. Let's see where we can take MeeGo Netbook: > > > Introductions: 9 attendees > > Informal talk about Netbooks > ○ Interest in talking about current Netbooks features and > future of Netbooks > ○ Call to action - industry says that the Netbook is dead and > cannibalized by Tablet - we think there is still a opportunity for low > cost Netbook. > ○ Should we modernize the Netbook UX? > ○ Headlines - Microsoft states Market is Down 40% - but last > headline is with Fujitsu making first MeeGo Netbook > § Is MS making this statement because the price point > keeps going down and below the price point of the MS OS which is why > they state this vs MeeGo being a free OS creates opportunities > ○ No one in > § Chromium book does everything I want > □ Photo Editing > □ Mail and Google Docs > □ What I do on the web I do on this > □ FAST > □ Social NOT that good > □ Full size keyboard (FF has an impact on it) > § Travel because is light > ○ Netbook was fine but the Notebook was faster, more > capabilities, the keyboard on Netbook is smaller even though is > lighter > ○ Reviewed the list of the current Netbook Features > § Social Aggregation - anyone used it? Why would you > skip over it? > □ Foreground application takes the whole screen > and the panel was not visible > § Sync Functionality > □ We are missing the whole connected device > options in MeeGo - need to be able to connect to the Cloud to get to > my own data and other devices > § Chat Features > □ Notifications did not come in? The > Specifications for the UI not open so we could not verify > § Developer - Show stopper bugs to getting fix on time > and response that is not flowing > □ Communication and opens - > □ Not testing with Live Image > □ They were not running same test that the > developer is running to reproduce the bug > □ LOTS of regressions > □ Kids - uses for his homework, email, social networks > □ Social aggregation feature - very liked, > first place that he visits > □ Meegoland?? > § Is it a platform or a product > § Bluetooth connectivity between devices > § USED as Notebook > ○ TOMORROW's NETBOOK > § Cost conscious consumer > □ Kids, Education > § What kind of MW would we need to add to support the > Education field > □ Profiling support - usage profiles - > classroom settings, students in the classroom vs out of classroom, > teacher. Connected Devices > § Enterprise > □ Model is Google's Chrome book > □ Open mode use facebook and corporate world > you couldn't - Maemo > § TABLET Is getting pushed by media vs. if the consumer > really needs it or not. > □ Tablet does not have the same type of feel or > productivity > □ Text Entry > □ Voice Entry is trending > § Convertible Netbook to Tablet? > □ If you are in hybrid need voice support > § Should we start a MeeGo Working Group? > □ Just do it > □ Where the NETBOOK going? > > BR > Carsten Munk > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev > http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines
