"Nicolas Pabion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > All, > > I wanted to inform all developers that the new PluggedIn website of Palm > Solutions Group is now up and running. Login is very simple and requires > only few fields to fill. You'll be able to login right away (you'll receive > a confirmation email with your password). > You would have access to Tungsten|T, Tungsten|C and Zire 71 simulators, SDK > with sample code and FAQ. > > Link: http://pluggedin.palm.com > > If you have any comments, let me know on this forum. > > Nicolas > Palm Solutions Group
Greetings Nicolas, Thanks for posting this announcement and for the invitation to comment. Please forward these comments to the appropriate decision makers: I could not locate the API information in the PalmSG SDK for the JpegEncodeLib, JpegDecodeLib, or JpegCommonLib, which are present on the Zire71 and used by the Photos application. Where are the API declarations for these important libraries? *Surely* PalmSG recognizes the importance of making these APIs public in order to ensure any custom applications that use the public Camera APIs to capture photos do so in a manner that presents the best user experience. The best user experience includes the ability to store photos as compressed JPEGs, in a format that is compatible with the Palm Photos application and conduit/desktop. The best user experience also includes the ability to decode and display compressed JPEGs captured by the camera or transferred from the desktop, like the Palm photos application. The best user experience also includes transferring captured images to the desktop as quickly as possible, by making the file sizes as small as possible. *Surely* PalmSG would encourage developers using the public Camera APIs to use JPEG compression so that 640x480 photos only require about 50KB of storage, versus the 600KB of storage required for uncompressed photos. I am not asking for anything other than the ability to use the JPEG libraries that *already exist on the device* for 100% compatibility with Palm Photos and for the optimum user experience in any applications that utilize the Camera APIs. Doesn't this just make sense? It's not like I am asking for the library source code. Can you imagine how many fewer compelling third party applications there would be for the Palm platform if APIs were not provided for the Serial or Exchange libraries, for example? Where would we be if only the applications shipped on the device ROM were able to use IR communications? Failing to provide public APIs for the JPEG libraries is equivalent to not providing APIs for the Serial and Exchange libraries. The ultimate goal of creating and providing the PalmSG SDK is to sell more PalmSG devices, through the encouragement of developers to support PalmSG specific features, like the Zire71 integrated camera. The failure to include public APIs for the JPEG libraries that exist on the Zire71 is a definite roadblock to achieving this goal. This roadblock can be removed by providing us with the JPEG library APIs. Thank you, David Thacker Thacker Network Technologies Inc. David at PocketScience dot ca -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
