2009/5/3 AbdulRahiem Dubelaar <[email protected]> > Assalamu aleikum > > My comments do *not* relate to the 9.04 small - test, but to the main > version as upgraded from UbuntuME 8.10. > > *About Minbar*: an alternative would be to have the Pray Times add-on > automatically installed in FireFox. But there are advantages and > disadvantages, as follows: > > *Minbar*: > > Advantage: > > - It allows for the correct Athan to be played for Fajr, distinct from > the Athan for the other four canonical prayers. > > > Disadvantages: > > - Fajr is not called Fajr, but Subh. For what I can see, may Allah > forgive me if I am wrong, in the Qur'an the word 'Fajr' is used when > referring to the prayer specifically (17:78, 24:58, 97:5) and the word > 'morning' when referring to the early period of the day (11:81, 30:17, > 68:20). There may be other references; I am not a Hafez Qur'an. > > --> There is no problem here, see that: http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/79345/ in fact in Tunisia for example (and in many other countries) we called Fajr prayer Subh, the fatwa that I put http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/79345/explain that more.
> > - > - It does not appear possible to adjust the calculation settings. For > example, to get the calculations for Kuwait correct, the Isha prayer angle > must be set to 17.5 degrees and not 18, using Muslim World League. > - Count-down to the next prayer can only be seen when hovering over the > icon. > > --> well, for that we should contact our brother Jihed, the maintainer of Minbar. > > - > > > *FireFox add-on*: > > Advantages: > > - Count-down to the next prayer is always visible in the status bar, > but can be hidden if desired. > - Calculation settings are adjustable. > > > Disadvantage: > > - No correct Athan for Fajr. > > --> I think that we have the two software (Minbar and the firefox addons), when we are using firefox the addons remember us of the prayer time, and when we are not using it there is Minbar :) > > - > > > Minbar should also be shifted to the Islamic Software menu. > --> I don't verify that, but I agree with you. > > > > *About Hijra*: > > This is now working well. The date gets updated automatically at midnight. > > *About the logo*: > > In fact, the centre of the logo is very well in line with the centre of the > progress bar. I have a strong preference for the logo to be in the centre, > as it contains the name of Allah (SWT). Allah is the Centre of everything, > so the centre is the appropriate place for the logo. I should think the > solution is making the sizes of the Arabic and English texts equal. > > > *AbdulRahiem Dubelaar* > PO Box 67363 > 43764 Bayan, Kuwait > *+965 9901 9051* > > Op zaterdag 02-05-2009 om 22:43 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Abdelmonam > Kouka: > > Wa alaykom assalem wa rahmato Allah, > > I have download and test this version under virtualbox and I have some > remarks and issues, some of them concern this version, others concern the > whole project and we can prepare them to the next version inchalla, I start, > bismilleh: > > * We should eliminate the music at start-up, and replace it with basmalah > as before or by our slogan (the ayah 108 of Surat Yussuf), we can take that > from one of the offline recitations that we give with the full version. > > * I remember that "Othman Mus-haf" - in the prototype given by Brother > Al-Saadi when he start working on - contains a recitation module, but in > this version there is no this module, are you sure that this is the latest > version of this program? (BTW I liked it very much, specially the > possibility of copying ayat with "arrasm al-othmani"). > > * Thwab is empty! I know that this is the small version but we should put > at least one book just to mention the capabilities and the utility of this > program, I propose also that this sample book should be some kind of howto > install books with url to the download page of Shamela to let people use it > in an easy manner without need to have previous knowledge of Thwab or > Shamela (remember that I speak about a non-computer specialists). > > * I propose to configure Minbar to start automatically with the startup, > and if someone would deactivate it he can do it simply by asking any one who > know linux, I ask that because the most of users of Sabily will need Minbar, > so it is mandatory and not optional, and the most of people (non-computer > specialists) wouldn't search how to put it as service at startup. > > * I test this version twice, the first time Hijra doesn't start with start > up, the second it start and works very well, I don't know if this issue is > reproducible or not, if yes we should resolve it, here we need more tests, > where are other brothers and sisters??? > > * We should put Monajat under Islamic Software menu. > > * Also WebStrict should be under Islamic Software menu. > > * (This is for the next version inshalla) in the menu "System", we should > add a sub-menu "About Sabily" exactly like "About GNOME" and "About ubuntu", > for that we should organise a redaction group. We need this group also to be > the responsible of the content in the Web site and to animate our pages in > Social networks and to respond to interview of media (there is many blogs > and website who speak about us and some of them had contact brother Mehdi, > brother Sinad, me...), I think that having a group RESPONSIBLE of that is > necessary. > > * The directory "Examples -> example-content" is not personalised, I have > proposed a book that introduce Islam with a good manner in English but I > don't find it here, we should put other things, a group responsible for taht > also is needed. I think that we can keep this point as the previous one to > the next version inchalla, but we should start working on them from now. > > * I think that we should choose as soon as possible a code name, we have > two proposition till now: Taiba (which is one name of Al-Madina) and Gazza. > If there is no other proposition we should choose one them. We should also > fix the next name of code inshalla till now (just after the final release > of this version inshalla). > > * The screenshot (in attachment) present an issue, in fact the logo with > the name are not centralised with the progression bar, this is because the > Arabic name and the English one haven't the same length, I propose either to > make this word with the same length, or to change the design by putting the > logo at the left and the name at the right with the Arabic name at the top > and the English one under it, what do you think? I think that brother Amine > have the response and perhaps he has another idea more beautiful ;) > > Salem > > > > 2009/5/1 jmehdi <[email protected]> > > assalamu alaykum, > > Sabily 9.04 small version (930 MB) is available here: > http://www.wuala.com/jmehdi/DVD%20ISO%20files/9.04 > (install the Wuala client to download faster) > > Please test it and report any problem. > > -- > Mehdi > > Administrator of the Sabily project (previously named Ubuntu Muslim Edition > project) > http://www.sabily.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~sabily.team<https://launchpad.net/%7Esabily.team> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~sabily.team<https://launchpad.net/%7Esabily.team> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > -- > عبد المنعم كوكة > Abdelmonam Kouka > Software Engineer > GNU/Linux user #450141 > GPG Fingerprint: EC21 1E4E 5B0C E4E7 0D64 3305 0D62 75C9 2C15 16E0 > ================================================ > "Some people see things as they are and say why. > I dream things that never were and say why not?" > [George Bernard Shaw] > ================================================ > http://www.sabily.org/ > http://arabeyes.org/ > http://www.ubuntu-tn.org/ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sabily" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<sabily-users%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sabily-users?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > -- عبد المنعم كوكة Abdelmonam Kouka Software Engineer GNU/Linux user #450141 GPG Fingerprint: EC21 1E4E 5B0C E4E7 0D64 3305 0D62 75C9 2C15 16E0 ================================================ "Some people see things as they are and say why. 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