Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
A little research: 1. "zypper info gnash" on openSUSE 11.2 yields the following Repository: openSUSE-11.2-Oss Name: gnash Version: 0.8.5-2.3 Arch: x86_64 Vendor: openSUSE Installed: No Status: not installed Installed Size: 9.4 MiB Summary: Free Flash movie player Description: Gnash is a Free Fla

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Quoting "Wichmann, Mats D" : And in a different message, Auke writes: Let's just focus on Open Source issues with MeeGo? Bdale mentioned Gnash, and other folks said it's not good enough. Can we help with this as individuals? For example, WINE has had an active program to have people report d

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Wichmann, Mats D
meego-dev-boun...@meego.com wrote: > Nokia ships devices with Flash support, both on the Symbian > and Maemo worlds. > It's the Adobe version, so it must be a separate deal between Adobe and > Nokia. > > Intel doesn't have devices to ship, just chips. > > Either way, Adobe Flash will never make

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Göran Eriksson
15 mar 2010 kl. 19.09 skrev Thiago Macieira: > Em Segunda-feira 15 Março 2010, às 18:11:39, Auke Kok escreveu: >> On 03/13/10 14:03, Göran Eriksson wrote: >>> 1. How do the MeeGo community (including Nokia and Intel) look upon the >>> role of WRT's in MeeGo in general >>> >>> and html5 in pa

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Göran Eriksson
15 mar 2010 kl. 23.03 skrev Thiago Macieira: > Em Segunda-feira 15. Março 2010, às 22.48.19, Göran Eriksson escreveu: >> I was actually not thinking about Nokia Web Runtime when writing "WRT" even >> though I understand that some/many associate it with Nokia WRT. >> >> Nah- I was referring to bo

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Thiago Macieira
Em Segunda-feira 15. Março 2010, às 21.55.43, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky escreveu: > This is a strategic business decision, not a purely technical one. > Steve Jobs has made the strategic business decision that his platform > will not support Flash. What is Intel/Nokia's decision? Nokia ships devi

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Thiago Macieira
Em Segunda-feira 15. Março 2010, às 22.48.19, Göran Eriksson escreveu: > I was actually not thinking about Nokia Web Runtime when writing "WRT" even > though I understand that some/many associate it with Nokia WRT. > > Nah- I was referring to both browser and widget engines actually- will be > mor

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Auke Kok
On 03/15/10 14:55, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: There's also legal research required - IIRC Nokia is suing Apple and Apple is suing HTC for various patent-related reasons. There might be some patents Adobe holds that are relevant. while this is maybe an interesting development (from some persp

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Auke Kok
On 03/15/10 09:23, Göran Eriksson wrote: Agree completely- MeeGo should be at the cutting edge of both native and web app development (and then I mean browser based, not only widget runtimes), :-)! And this is important to Intel/Nokia - we really do want to produce a new platform that excites

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
There's also legal research required - IIRC Nokia is suing Apple and Apple is suing HTC for various patent-related reasons. There might be some patents Adobe holds that are relevant. -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky borasky-research.net/m-edward-ed-borasky/ "A mathematician is a device for turning c

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Göran Eriksson
I was actually not thinking about Nokia Web Runtime when writing "WRT" even though I understand that some/many associate it with Nokia WRT. Nah- I was referring to both browser and widget engines actually- will be more precise from now on, :-)! Göran 15 mar 2010 kl. 18.11 skrev Auke Kok: > O

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Göran Eriksson
Agree completely- MeeGo should be at the cutting edge of both native and web app development (and then I mean browser based, not only widget runtimes), :-)! Göran 15 mar 2010 kl. 13.04 skrev Robin Jewsbury: > Can I make a point from an external developer about HTML5 support. Whilst > it's int

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Katrina Niolet
Yep, coming out with a phone and saying "it fully supports flash 10.1" could potentially be a major selling point when competing against others who have either no support, or only (sometimes partially) support older versions, though of course I have not done the specific market research to figure o

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Meego Messenger

2010-03-15 Thread Max
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Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Yeah ... I hope they're working on it, because the costs and benefits are significant, and the "market pundits" don't universally agree that Jobs is correct. It makes sense for Apple but not necessarily for Intel / Nokia. -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky borasky-research.net/m-edward-ed-borasky/ "

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Katrina Niolet
Right, I'm just saying their decision should be based on business or technical merits and not simply because some people just don't like flash. -- Katrina -Original Message- From: M. Edward (Ed) Borasky [mailto:zn...@cesmail.net] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:56 PM To: Katrina Niolet

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Wichmann, Mats D
Katrina Niolet wrote: > Keep in mind that flash is not used only for pointless youtube > videos and > bad programming, there are sites like hulu.com which rely on > flash because > there is no widely available alternative currently for > delivering the kind > of media experience they want to give.

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
This is a strategic *business* decision, not a purely technical one. Steve Jobs has made the strategic business decision that his platform will not support Flash. What is Intel/Nokia's decision? Do they think Steve Jobs is wrong? Are they willing to finance open source Flash libraries that

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Katrina Niolet
Simply not supporting flash does put pressure on those sites which could work just as well without it, but not all sites using flash fall into that category currently. The biggest reason flash has proliferated is that there is a void that they were able to fill, so while everyone hates it, everyone

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
I have not found a usable open source comprehensive Flash tool set. Hell, I can't even find a usable open source Flash *browser plugin*. I suppose there are patents, etc., that prevent such things from being built. I think Apple is right on this one - Flash should die in a fire. ;-) -- M.

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Bernd Stramm
On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 13:59 -0600, Wichmann, Mats D wrote: > meego-dev-boun...@meego.com wrote: > >> Do you > >> actually want this on your device? > > > > Indeed, and some companies do want it. > > Well of course, I was being silly. "Everybody has it" > is a powerful argument that consumer-dev

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:48:28 -0600, "Wichmann, Mats D" wrote: > 1. supporting Flash is not up to anyone but Adobe, > as they control the code and it's definitely not open. > Once there's a deal in place someone can presumably > provide advice or more, but only to the extent > Adobe is willing to

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Wichmann, Mats D
meego-dev-boun...@meego.com wrote: >> Do you >> actually want this on your device? > > Indeed, and some companies do want it. Well of course, I was being silly. "Everybody has it" is a powerful argument that consumer-device mfg's will have a very hard time saying no to, and perhaps they should

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Thiago Macieira
Em Segunda-feira 15 Março 2010, às 18:48:28, Wichmann, Mats D escreveu: > 1. supporting Flash is not up to anyone but Adobe, > as they control the code and it's definitely not open. > Once there's a deal in place someone can presumably > provide advice or more, but only to the extent > Adobe is wil

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Thiago Macieira
Em Segunda-feira 15 Março 2010, às 18:11:39, Auke Kok escreveu: > On 03/13/10 14:03, Göran Eriksson wrote: > > 1. How do the MeeGo community (including Nokia and Intel) look upon the > > role of WRT's in MeeGo in general > > > > and html5 in particular? Which role do WRT's play in MeeGo visio

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Adobe Flash 10.1 on Meego

2010-03-15 Thread Wichmann, Mats D
meego-dev-boun...@meego.com wrote: > Thus Apples refusal to allow Flash on their Messiah > pad/pod/phone gives everyone else an incentive to support it! Well, let's make a couple of observations: 1. supporting Flash is not up to anyone but Adobe, as they control the code and it's definitely not

Re: [MeeGo-dev] What can MeeGo learned from HelenOS ?

2010-03-15 Thread Auke Kok
On 03/15/10 10:19, EdPimentl wrote: http://www.helenos.org/features and which ones in here are missing from the linux kernel, or would you think would be an interesting addition to MeeGo? It's allright to ask MeeGo to "please support feature X". But please be exact and precise, and give me

Re: [MeeGo-dev] What can MeeGo learned from HelenOS ?

2010-03-15 Thread EdPimentl
http://www.helenos.org/features -E http://vCardCloud.com On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Auke Kok wrote: > On 03/14/10 11:25, EdPimentl wrote: > >> Are there any platform features of HelenOS which the MeeGo team would want >> to incorporate in the future? >> http://www.helenos.org/ >> > >

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread xizhi.zhu
WRT is Web RunTime http://www.forum.nokia.com/Technology_Topics/Web_Technologies/Web_Runtime/ - Steven From: meego-dev-boun...@meego.com [meego-dev-boun...@meego.com] On Behalf Of ext Auke Kok [auke-jan.h@intel.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 7:11 PM

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Auke Kok
On 03/13/10 14:03, Göran Eriksson wrote: 1. How do the MeeGo community (including Nokia and Intel) look upon the role of WRT's in MeeGo in general and html5 in particular? Which role do WRT's play in MeeGo vision? go go html5! html5 is an extremely interesting technology that we will mos

Re: [MeeGo-dev] What can MeeGo learned from HelenOS ?

2010-03-15 Thread Auke Kok
On 03/14/10 11:25, EdPimentl wrote: Are there any platform features of HelenOS which the MeeGo team would want to incorporate in the future? http://www.helenos.org/ what features does helenos provide that are missing from the linux kernel? I don't find much on their webpage, and I don't have

Re: [MeeGo-dev] First MeeGo Repository Working Group Meeting

2010-03-15 Thread Adrian Yanes
2010/3/15 Andreas Osowski : > (This is a repost from the meego-community mailing list, as Quim Gil said > that not all of the ppl here are registered > the other list and also given that this is a rather dev-related topic) > > Hello everyone, > I shall announce to you the first meego repository wo

[MeeGo-dev] First MeeGo Repository Working Group Meeting

2010-03-15 Thread Andreas Osowski
(This is a repost from the meego-community mailing list, as Quim Gil said that not all of the ppl here are registered the other list and also given that this is a rather dev-related topic) Hello everyone, I shall announce to you the first meego repository working group meeting. Based upon the vo

Re: [MeeGo-dev] WRT(s) and html5 in MeeGo?

2010-03-15 Thread Robin Jewsbury
Can I make a point from an external developer about HTML5 support. Whilst it's interesting that firefox does support many HTML5 features, it is not very useful to an external developer unless firefox is pre-installed and the default browser. So, can I request that MeeGo's default browser suppo

Re: [MeeGo-dev] [Meego-community] First MeeGo Repository Working Group Meeting

2010-03-15 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Mar 15, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Quim Gil wrote: > Hi, > > ext Andreas Osowski wrote: >> Hello everyone, I shall announce to you the first meego repository >> working group meeting. Based upon the votes received so far it'll be >> on Sunday next week (21. March). The time has yet to be decided upon;

Re: [MeeGo-dev] [Meego-community] Qt | Podcasting + conferencing + Twitter

2010-03-15 Thread Randall Arnold
> - Original message - > From: "Alexey Zakhlestin‎" > To: "Randall Arnold‎" > Subject: Re: [Meego-community] Qt | Podcasting + conferencing + Twitter > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:15:28 +0300 > > > > On 15.03.2010, at 2:26, Randall Arnold wrote: > > > I'm looking for feedback and possi

Re: [MeeGo-dev] [Meego-community] Qt | Podcasting + conferencing + Twitter

2010-03-15 Thread Alexey Zakhlestin
On 15.03.2010, at 2:26, Randall Arnold wrote: > I'm looking for feedback and possible collaboration on a project. The idea > is podcasting + conferencing + listener input (twitter, et al). Google > Summer of Code candidate maybe? > > More on my blog: > http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/2