Re: GSoC ideas discussion (again)
Dnia Saturday 22 of March 2008, Ilja O. napisał: I'm currently assembling GSoC proposal (student-side, Openmoko-related of course). I gave some thought to the projects themes, and here what I can see as projects, that I'd like to do (list sorted by 'me want to do this' in decreasing order). 1) Accelerometer gestures 2) Two USB device mode (Is this correct mode name?) -- NIC (as it is now) and HDD. There no magic for it needed. You connect USB Host cable - powered hub - NIC and (if you have proper module installed) it appears as network card. Same with HDD, webcams, keyboards, mouses and anything USB based. 3) Samba sharing (3) - Of course not just port of samba. Which was already done by OpenEmbedded developers... I'd also like to create fancy cross-platform desktop gui application, that would allow at least set samba password and shared folders (besides CF card, of course). Thats sounds better :) This is good for and-users since samba shares are accessible via wifi and thy'll be able to transfer files to/from FreeRunner without problems (e.g. scp client installation ;-) ) scp client is installed by default ;) 4) Incoming call management - ban cumbers (drop or do not pick up) auto-reply with SMS, etc... This one sounds nice -- JID: hrw-jabber.org OpenEmbedded developer/consultant Nieważne, co robisz - ważne, jak to robisz. Styl jest wszystkim. -- Nina Liedtke, CyberJoly Drim ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: GSoC ideas discussion (again)
2) Two USB device mode (Is this correct mode name?) -- NIC (as it is now) and HDD. There no magic for it needed. You connect USB Host cable - powered hub - NIC and (if you have proper module installed) it appears as network card. Same with HDD, webcams, keyboards, mouses and anything USB based. I know that currently Neo (and Freerunner?) are exposing itself as USB NIC. It is nice and useful during development, but useless for end users IHMO (only if it don't expose VNC session to the main screen ;) ). In my opinion, end user would expect phone to act like USB HDD when it is connected to desktop via USB. I'm saying that there should be at least two modes of Neo-host interaction via USB - as NIC and as HDD. [ If you have understood me correctly - sorry for wasting your time. I'm just don't think that my English is good enough to be understood without additional explanations.] scp client is installed by default ;) I know that not everybody has (or even knows about) ssh/sftp protocol. This is especially true about Windows world. (Damn humans aren't willing to learn our technology basics!) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: GSoC ideas discussion (again)
Hello. On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 20:06, Ilja O. wrote: 1) Accelerometer gestures People talking a lot about them. Building a solid fundation with available gestures and perhaps an easy interface for adding new ones would be nice. Smells for me like a candidate for the build a framework part and a kicking ass app to demo it on top-approach. 2) Two USB device mode (Is this correct mode name?) -- NIC (as it is now) and HDD. As Marcin already stated is this nothing that needs 3 months of work. The kernel already has the gadget infrastructre to let the device get used as a USB storage device. It's just a kernel module you can load with a partition as parameter. What would be needed here is testing and a, really small, UI to switch between different modes for USB device. 3) Samba sharing Hmm, could be a job, but not really exciting. :) 4) Incoming call management - ban cumbers (drop or do not pick up) auto-reply with SMS, etc... As much as I would like to get this feature done, I honestly don't think that our infrstructure for call handling is in shape for this. This would end in a) a Hack or b) a lot work on the telephony stuff. For b) the application would better have another name to reflect the focus. What many from us would like to see would be some more middleware/infrastructure enhancements before adding more and more features. But that is not a must. Myself and the others mentors will try to get you some early feedback when the applications arrive. Don't wait until the last minute guys. :) regards Stefan Schmidt signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
