We also came upon this idea a year ago. There are a few problems with
it. Mail gets sent once. The advantage of a forum is that you can
edit, merge, move and delete things.
Ortwin
On 6/13/08, Arnout Engelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 02:48:27PM -0400, Kevin Dean wrote:
No, because you don't have access to everything in a sim card and thus
can't copy it.
Ortwin
On 6/12/08, Bumbl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
would it, in theory, be possible to emulate a 2nd sim-card which was
inserted and saved on the flash memory before
and switch between it and the inserted
http://forums.makeopensource.com/index.php
Haven't been there in a while, though. It seems like those weird
hardcore Linux people simply prefer mailing lists... _
Ortwin
On 6/12/08, Leonti Bielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi!
I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community?
It's
Pah, mailing lists are for old people. :P
On 6/12/08, Esben Stien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Leonti Bielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was wondering - why are we not using forum for community?
Because web forums are a pain. I'm over 250 mailing lists. Imaging the
unbearable pain of having to
Who are these weird people that think window transparency on an
underpowered phone is a good idea?! What functionality does THAT give
us? I'd like to see some justification, if not from you then from
whoever is responsible for these ideas. I've lived without window
transparancy on all my PCs and
Your calculations may well be correct for the awful situation in the
USA. In other parts of the world, this is drastically different!
Please keep that in mind.
Ortwin
On 6/11/08, ian douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert Taylor wrote:
Just compare equal things.
We'll have to agree to
Interesting idea. There are some problems I see with it:
-The screen is very small so typing with two thumbs and trying to see
what you type gets difficult.
-When you type with two fingers, you happen to touch the screen with
both at once sometimes and with our resistive touchscreen that
registers
What the hell?! Seems like a lot of people STILL don't get it:
The iPhone does NOT cost 199$.
It's a marketing lie. The actual price is 199$ + a two year contract.
That makes it probably closer to 1000$. The Neo is still very very
cheap compared to that, especially considering how few Neo phones
There are cheaper contracts if you don't get a phone with them in
Germany. No idea what the situation in the US is. (It's probably
godawful... :-/) Personally, I use a prepaid SIM card so I pay no
monthly fees at all. Much cheaper for me than any contract. So for me
the price advantage over an
/business/older people without the
gameing
controls but bigger screen. Maybe there is one available? Surely the
software
shipped with this OpenMoko doesn't need include software which requires the
gaming controls.
Any further ideas? :)
Roland
On Tuesday, 10. June 2008, Ortwin Regel wrote
Well said.
Ortwin
On 6/10/08, Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9 Jun 2008, at 01:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
... i am asked by product management to do
things that are just not possible in vga (to do sanely/fast).
... in the end if product management want X they get X.
I wonder: Might it be useful/possible to add a connector for Bug
modules to a future Openmoko phone?
On 6/10/08, Robert Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Roland Häder wrote:
My suggestion here is that OpenMoko may design another phone - if the
market
asks for this:
- An OpenMoko for younger
Wow, that's quite awesome! I read around a little and it seems to be
made by CraigX who is also behind the Pandora and is interested in
selling Openmoko phones in the UK. So getting him to make a variant of
this design for future (or present?) Openmoko phones might actually be
a realistic
lol, I almost forgot that... The only open question is how to connect
the buttons to the phone.
On 6/8/08, Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sunday 08 June 2008 Ortwin Regel wrote:
Wow, that's quite awesome! I read around a little and it seems to be
made by CraigX who is also
The number I heard was a first run of 3000... ;) (and 100 prototype
devices before that)
Ortwin
On 6/8/08, Gabriel Ambuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sunday 08 June 2008 14:23:29 Carsten Haitzler wrote:
500k+ are the order sizes. often in multi-millions. that is what they
start dealing with.
Rasmusen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Through the USB interface maybe? Or maybe via bluetooth, then there
would be no need to worry about a dangling usb cable.
On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 07:31:13PM +0200, Ortwin Regel wrote:
lol, I almost forgot that... The only open question is how to connect
the buttons
On 6/6/08, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
convince me vga is incredibly more useful than qvga. convince me
you
all have amazing eyesight! :) i am doing this because i am trying to listen
to
the community and if given a choice - choose the right way based on what you
On 6/5/08, Ken Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
quick question - would you prefer a qvga lcd (save a bit of cost)
since we'e going to need to software-drive all graphics - the fewer
pixels you have to fill, the better for speed. i'm really tossing up if
Yeah, somewhat, but I think our screen might be a little small for it.
I guess it needs to be prototyped.
Ortwin
On 5/29/08, George Brooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2008 22:42:41 +0200
christooss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of selected projects in google android is Writing pad
On the actual screen that keyboard is very small. Even if you use a
stylus, you need to keep a steady hand. I don't think sliding over
fields that small would be comfortable or fast. It would be unusable
on a bus/train.
Ortwin
On 5/30/08, christooss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ortwin Regel wrote
As far as I can tell everything in the article was already mentioned
on the list. Nothing new to comment on...
Ortwin
On 5/29/08, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote:
steve wrote:
Yes mass pro will start soon. There is another batch of a few
I can see exotic applications for this but certainly not enough to put
it into the phone. If you need it, add it via USB host, that's what
we've got it for. (Same is true for the railgun. ;) )
Ortwin
On 5/18/08, Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 17 May 2008, at 22:17, Philippe Guillebert
The problem is the same as with linear acceleration: You get an
increasing deviation over time.
Ortwin
On 5/18/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Instead of adding a compass to the device to be able to read spin about the
gravitational axis, would it not be easier to offset one of
Afaik yes
On 5/14/08, Vinc Duran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Ron,
Is the Dash in the blog the same as the Dash Express on the dash.net site?
Vinc
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Ron K. Jeffries [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Dash GPS personal nav device (uses OpenMoko) opens API
It's sorta
That was usually called HXD8 IIRC. I wonder about GTA03, too...
Ortwin
On 5/11/08, JW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
or gta03 was the board for that gps (DASH) thing
hence next phone is gta04
JW
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We'd need a compass for a working 3D world window. Else the phone
can't be certain (though it could estimate) where it is facing.
I am very interested in GPS games. A PacMan-like game that
automatically generates a level based on the surrounding Open
Streetmap data would be awesome. :) A Snake
What makes you think the Wii accellerometers are inaccurate? They feel
pretty precise as far as I can tell...
Ortwin
On 4/27/08, David Murrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wait a minute...
/me backs up the metaphorical truck...
Just _how_ accurate are these accelerometers?
Are we talking the
The problem with small handheld devices is that most of the time it's
cheaper to put everything into the device than to create variants.
Modularity causes problems with design and space and is also
expensive.
I also still need a GSM modem and will for a few years. Sure, I'd like
to use WLAN,
Yes, I'm pretty sure there will only be the pure black color scheme.
On 4/21/08, Ivo Anjo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, they're pretty big, although the camera seems to be pretty bad.
Btw I was under the impression that the freerunner case was black with
grey, like the 1973 on this picture:
That's also something I'd like to know as my Minty Boost supposedly
does up to ~250 mA and I'd like to use that much if possible.
The Neo 1973 doesn't have the necessary hardware to detect chargers,
though, or does it?
Ortwin
On 4/19/08, Hans L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Great summary Michael,
Sounds like an awesome idea! :D
Ortwin
On 4/19/08, Brandon Kruger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After recently having a 5.2 earthquake here in the Midwest, I realized the
potential in the Openmoko for detecting/pinpointing earthquakes. What this
is mostly dependant on is the accuracy of the
Yes, AFAIK GPS requires accurate time to function.
Ortwin
On 4/19/08, Brandon Kruger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat April 19 2008 5:29:50 pm Richard Guest wrote:
Yeah, it's an interesting idea.
I read something similar on Evil Mad Scientist
Well, it would mean that the casing changes significantly. That means
lots of work and cost so it's not a trivial change. I don't think it's
worth doing this (or even reasonably possible in time) before the next
hardware revision.
Ortwin
On 4/15/08, Carlo E. Prelz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do! Well, actually I probably won't get a Freerunner as I have a
1973 and limited amounts of money. However, I'd like my next phone to
be in black with pink parts. B) Even more appreciated would be lime
green and pink but I'm probably the only person in the world who wants
that...
Ortwin
On
Space reasons. I've been told that most phones use 2,5mm today for that reason.
On 4/15/08, Alexander Frøyseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hei
I just wonder why it is 2.5mm and not 3.5mm mini jack.
After what I know 3.5mm is what is normaly used inn headsets
Alexander Frøyseth
Naja, wirklich korrekt wäre:
Ihren Ausweis, bitte!
;)
On 4/15/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, April 15, 2008 17:09, Kevin Dean wrote:
Ihre Ausweis!
Korrekt:
Ihren Ausweis Bitte!
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The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Still, poor Freerunners... :'(
On 4/14/08, Michele Renda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One minute of silence for the dead freerunner, death to ensure a product
free of defects :)
2008/4/14, steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The last of DVT
A German ebay seller has some that are advertised as being made for
the Neo 1973 (and should thus work fine on the Freerunner as it has
the same case and screen dimensions):
Well, maybe if you ask nicely he will ship to the US anyway.
On 4/13/08, Ajit Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ortwin Regel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A German ebay seller has some that are advertised as being made for
the Neo 1973 (and should thus work fine on the Freerunner as it has
Exactly my thoughts: This sounds way too complicated to actually be
useful. I'd rather adjust my brightness manually.
On 4/12/08, Nick Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since Freerunner won't have an hardware
Quikwriting is the best input method for finger input on a small
touchscreen like the Neo's that I have come across.
http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/demos/quikwriting.html
There have been positive comments towards it on the list before.
Does anyone have the time, motivation and ability to implement
Good idea as long as it's easy to turn it off.
On 4/11/08, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 11 April 2008 03:12:45 Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
It occurred to me as I was thinking about use cases that a setting in
which the phone would be on vibrate while vertical (as in
Why not simply use standard wireless USB chargers?
On 4/1/08, Alexey Feldgendler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello!
Some mobile phone vendors are now looking into wireless charging. A
wireless charger technology is more user-friendly than the traditional
wired phone chargers. However, users
On 3/27/08, David Pottage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, March 27, 2008 1:33 pm, Christ van Willegen wrote:
Have you seen the progress that's been made in The Netherlands?
i.e.:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.375lon=5.24898zoom=17layers=B0FT
(yes, there are houses on there...)
What would be interesting to know: What is the next thing Openmoko
wants to do? A GTA03 Neo device with some changes in functionality
but keeping the general design? An entirely new device with possibly
other/revolutionary design goals? Multiple devices at the same time?
How about a TI OMAP3 as
How about using Bluetooth? Yeah, it would be a little strange but
think of it like this: You could take your phone out of the cradle
when it has finished charging and it would continue playing music
while you'd read the next chapter of your ebook in your bed.
With WLAN and Bluetooth, the only
On 3/4/08, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi guys,
I have thought a bit about multitouch and its possible usecases and the
longer
I think about it the less exciting I find it on a mobile phone.
The technology per se is great and I'm sure it will allow for great
innovation
On 3/3/08, Gilbert Hartmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Does anyone know how this compares to the feedback on the Wii when using the
keyboard? It sounds fairly similar (save for the Wii's lack of a
touchscreen)
- --Bert
It should be similar but
On 3/2/08, Andrea Debortoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what about this??
http://code.google.com/p/iphone-haptics/
it would be very useful to have on FreeRunner too!!!
I have doubts about the usefulness of vibrator feedback. It can't help
you find a button or tell you whether you pressed the
On 3/1/08, Sean Moss-Pultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/1/08 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:47:31 +0100 Karsten Ensinger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled:
Sorry to jump into the thread this late, but I am wondering
if you already examined the following
On 3/1/08, Ortwin Regel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/1/08, Sean Moss-Pultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/1/08 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:47:31 +0100 Karsten Ensinger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled:
Sorry to jump into the thread this late, but I am
And people just accept paying for incoming connections?! I still can't
get over how US phone contracts work... O.o
On 3/2/08, Mark Haury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 29 Feb 2008, at 17:34, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote:
siaPeter Trapp ha scritto:
Hi everybody,
I thought about the
The problem might be your u-boot version. Try this one:
http://buildhost.automated.it/u-boot-good-for-sd-boot-r13_0_2632_0.bin
It's what I've been using successfully. I never could get it to work
with other u-boot versions I tried.
Ortwin
On 2/28/08, Emre Turkay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
Where do you draw the line? The Freerunner should be at least at the
lower end of that spectrum.
On 2/26/08, Nils Faerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dean Collins schrieb:
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile
Any thoughts?
Different target:
Leveraging the MID
MIDs typically have the
It sounds like Michael was talking about GSM in general. The area not
covered by that indeed does seem negligible in the US. You have got a
different issue. From what I picked up, it is not reasonably possible
to change the hardware in a GTA01 to support the 850 Mhz band. The
best option you have
How about a different deal: We collect donations to get you a new
phone and you make your findings public under a free license?
On 2/10/08, joerg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi hardware-hackers!
Anybody interested in my story?
How i completely disassembled my GTA01, put everything on a
Tilting is an awful control method for almost anything. The main reason
being that you move the screen around while tilting. Other problems are that
it's exausting and lacks feedback. Even tilting to automatically switch the
screen orientation can be annoying if you're lying on your side in your
An interesting (though probably not as useful and secure) variation could be
to stack the phones on top of each other and have one phone send a vibration
pattern to the other. One could even exchange data that way at very very low
speeds... B)
Ortwin Regel
If they suspect you anyway.
Quote: *In some cases, judges have granted the requests without even
requiring the government to demonstrate probable cause that a crime is
taking place or that the inquiry will yield evidence of a crime
*
I wonder how difficult it would be for criminals or the music
Yeah, PLEASE give us a terminal! I'm a complete noob at all things Linux but
I already don't feel right if I don't have a terminal to mess with... Later
when the Neo is a consumer ready device it might be a good idea to take the
terminal out of the versions for the general public (or at least hide
On Nov 11, 2007 6:33 PM, Peter Naulls [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have concerns about the screen size (even though it's 640x480,
it's still tiny)
The screen is small but usable. The biggest problem I see is text input but
there are some interesting projects and ideas flying around to solve
On Nov 13, 2007 1:12 AM, Peter Naulls [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ortwin Regel wrote:
On Nov 11, 2007 6:33 PM, Peter Naulls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have concerns about the screen size (even though it's 640x480,
it's still tiny)
The screen is small
missing is the squeeze sensor.
-Steven
On 11/6/07, Ortwin Regel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would it be possible to run the Chumby ( http://chumby.com/ ) software
on
OpenMoko / the Neo1973? What would it take to make this possible?
Why do I want it? Imagine it like this: Plug your Chumby
Would it be possible to run the Chumby ( http://chumby.com/ ) software on
OpenMoko / the Neo1973? What would it take to make this possible?
Why do I want it? Imagine it like this: Plug your Chumby equiped OpenMoko
device into the USB charging cable (/cradle). Let it sit for a while. After
five
I hope their awesome fresh software will run on our Neo1973s, too. I'd
gladly pay money for that stuff. :) Would be great if they could keep the
data open, though. Anyone from Dash around who can comment a little more on
what is planned?
Ortwin
On 10/31/07, Ian Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This discussion has been had before. The conclusion was that you should get
a better email app.
On 10/18/07, David Shanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
New to the list and excited about the possibility of a open phone. Still
new so i'm mainly lurking for now.
I suppose this is directed
This doesn't work well because the screen moves with the phone. So if you
want to scroll right fast, you'll have trouble to see what's going on on the
screen. Scrolling should rather be done on the touchscreen because that
works really well. However, dragging the map/website as if it was physical
of this means. o.o Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Ortwin
On 10/7/07, Ortwin Regel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tried pretty much exactly the steps you described but I can't get
booting from SD card to work, neither for Qtopia not for OpenMoko I must
be missing something. http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki
there and
of course I won't have a phone... :P
Please help me!
Ortwin Regel
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A list of different places:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Repositories
http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/?M=D has updates every few days and
the images are a little customized. It's also got Qtopia images.
http://celtune.morb-design.com/images/fic-gta01/?C=M;O=D updates often, too,
and it's
I tried pretty much exactly the steps you described but I can't get booting
from SD card to work, neither for Qtopia not for OpenMoko I must be
missing something. http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Booting_from_SD seems to
suggest that you need to use a specially prepared kernel. Is this so? Any
With the latest build from http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/ I can
unlock the phone after inputting my PIN two times but it doesn't want to
register with the network. Also, the phone is very unresponsive and only
registers touch screen input every once in a while. Sounds like this might
be
Right click could be emulated by pressing and holding AUX and then tapping.
Of course that means that other AUX button functionality could only be
activated after releasing the button without touching the screen. Native
apps should never need right clicking, though. It would only be useful for
Pretty sure they are GTA01 as we haven't heard anything about GTA02 being
finalized and it isn't planned before October anyway.
Ortwin
On 9/26/07, Andreas Hennig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello!
Some more Phase 1 Neo's will be shiped end of september. Does somebody
now,
whether they will be
Seems like it should, with the instructions at
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Booting_from_SD . Could someone prepare
binaries ready for putting onto my SD card? And is there a program that can
format cards with different filesystems from Windows?
Ortwin
On 9/21/07, Bartlomiej Zdanowski [Zdanek]
There is also http://www.comfortstylus.com/ which kind of works. It's
especially well suited for FPS games on the DS, probably not the best thing
for phone navigation, though.
The problem with all the finger attachments is that your finger still pretty
much obstructs the view instead of being
On 8/26/07, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why am I not being given the choice to RIGHT NOW to be placed at the
FRONT
of the GTA02 sales queue?
Why dont I have a billion dollars? I really want it and I could really
use it...
Why don't I get respect from
Learn to use Gmail. Also it's relevant for everything where you can only see
the first X letters of a topic in your list of emails. Like pretty much
every mail client and webmail interface out there. So adding the tags to the
end of the subject line is a pretty good idea which I could live with
I'd prefer a Wiimote attached to the Neo with some kind of plastic holder
but this is a nice alterative.
On 8/7/07, Mario Wewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone of you ever saw something like this?
I love the rumors... Really hope they are true! :D
On 8/7/07, Jeremy G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/4/07, Jeremy G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/4/07, Harrison Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why doesn't Google join Openmoko/Neo?
Google has too many closed-source applications to fit
I guess you can't have a revolution without breaking some laws... ;)
On 8/7/07, Giles Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 6 Aug 2007, at 23:58, Ortwin Regel wrote:
Run an open Wifi node.
It's becoming less and less of a good idea to do that these days. You
are responsible for any
Worrying about worrying about the trademark issue is even more irrelevant.
Pointing things like this out early is a good thing. Further discussion
about the trademark issue isn't necessary, though, it's annoying.
Ortwin
On 7/30/07, Jay Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:50
Remember that the Neo doesn't have the buttons for games. The touchscreen
can only do one button at a time, so an external gamepad (USB or Wiimote)
would be necessary.
Ortwin
On 7/27/07, John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I'm sorry but I'm new to the openMoko system. So my question,
Only Tchibo - Tchibo calls are free, and only for 24 months if you buy
before 2007-08-09. To benefit from this you'd have to get two or more of
this offer and give one to everyone you phone often.
SMS are relatively expensive and I wasn't able to find anything about
data...
Ortwin
On 7/27/07,
On 7/27/07, Harald Welte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There might come
Neo1974 or even
Neo2007
Yes. And actually, nijutsu will also tell us about the Neo1907 at some
point :)
FIC vacuum cleaner? Camera? What about the Neo968? Neo1979?
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Ortwin
On 7/27/07, Asbjørn Sannes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I understood correctly orders within the U.S. was shipped first, and
then international developers would get their phones..
I have received three e-mails from openmoko: AutoReply: OpenMoko direct
On 7/26/07, Raphaël Jacquot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recently read some press article that stated that for younger
people, email was dead, and everything happened on MSN.
well, I, for one, won't be often in those stupid HTML forums either, I
consider those things
* a waste of resources and
You are talking about flat, web forum style threading, though. What he wants
is tree style threading like in the ML archives, Slashdot comments etc.
Ortwin
On 7/26/07, vivek khurana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 7/25/07, Steven ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Um... That doesn't seem to get Gmail
On the other hand, via email you load everything while on a forum you choose
what to view.
The screen size argument also doesn't work too well as the Neo has 640*480
which is plenty and an official forum would obviously make sure to fit well
into that resolution.
How about continuing the
On 7/26/07, Mathew Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So there is still no forum solution that I know of that allows me to
download the full content of all posts I haven't read yet, and read them
on a random small device (e.g. a Treo650, or a Nokia N800, or a Sharp
Zaurus) that supports
And how do you scroll?
On 7/24/07, Giles Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Samblas Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :
An regardin is multi touch really that awesome? I
think yes of course, but maybe not in a so little
screen and surelly it is not worth the trouble of
re-coding a lot
The functionality is too close to a mailing list really... It would be
another means of communication from the dark times of the internet which
most developers, old people and nerds might love. It wouldn't help in any
way to expand the community, though.
We are NOT looking for a way to replace
On 7/21/07, Mark Eichin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Giles Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 20 Jul 2007, at 22:25, Ortwin Regel wrote:
Order #1833 here and not a developer at all. My last Linux
experience was that I changed the screen resolution in Suse 9 to
something that didn't work
I like Invision but a properly managed phpBB is nice, too. Only had bad
experiences with the ones that weren't kept up to date.
What will happen if an official forum is being made? Are you prepared to
move all the content (and possibly software) over to the official servers?
Maybe we should try
I don't like the tree style of discussion. It kind of makes sense on a
mailing list. However, I find it unnatural and exhausting to navigate. Old
school people who prefer threaded view have got the mailing list, I am of
the strong opinion that we should go with a flat forum for accessibility.
Seems like we need the right software then. http://gbatemp.net , running IPB
Portal v2 ( http://www.invisionpower.com/ ), does what you describe pretty
reliably as far as I can tell. Don't know if any other board software has
that functionality.
I find the hostality towards forums here pretty
GTA 01
or give it to one of my favourite Palm game developers if I'm feeling
generous.
I hope people will help me if I'm stuck in some scary command line. ;)
Ortwin Regel
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Seconded!
Please open a forum.openmoko.org ! I'd love to post some spontaneous ideas,
discuss stuff, ask and answer small questions etc. but I often don't want to
spam the whole mailing list with it.
Ortwin
On 7/19/07, Ryan Lozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there an openmoko forum? I am
Shouldn't the spinner thing replace scrollbars, though? What else would it
be for?
On 7/14/07, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adding left hand support shouldn't be too hard. We would just add a
config option that is read by the ui library and then everyone that
uses the standard ui library
All finger buttons should be easily usable with a stylus. We are not the
iPhone.
On 7/14/07, Clare Johnstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have noticed some suggestions for managing the touchscreen
which would be difficult for people lacking part of an important finger.
Arthriticky tendencies in
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