Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Development] How clear cache and cookies of WebApp? (Gmail WebApp)

2015-08-19 Thread Peter Bittner
FYI, I've filed a bug report for a simplified solution at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/click/+bug/1486618 2015-08-13 23:47 GMT+02:00 Peter Bittner : > David, thanks for the reply. > >> We have a set of hooks to delete the cache and cookies when uninstalling >>

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Lock Screen

2015-08-23 Thread Peter Bittner
The circle on the welcome screen could be used for more than just showing some information. In fact it takes a while to understand how to see more than just a single piece of information (tapping on the circle twice). I had hoped there would be more "circle magic" when I unwrapped my beloved Ubunt

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Dekko && order of mails in folder

2015-08-30 Thread Peter Bittner
Niklas > > Hi, Because it could be that others have the same interest. And, please dont toppost. Thanks matthias > -- > Sent from my Ubuntu phone http://www.unixarea.de/ -- Peter Bittner Ilgenstrasse 3, CH-8280 Kreuzlingen Privat: +41 71 535 6906 Mobil: +41 76 799 1682 -- Mailing lis

[Ubuntu-phone] [WebApps] Make alternate webapp container the default on Ubuntu Touch

2015-09-01 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi webapp developers, I see quite a few webapps on the Ubuntu Store that simply wrap a website, and, probably in fear of situations that require a back button, they show the address bar by default. Personally, I feel that's almost worse than providing a simple link to the website opened in the def

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [WebApps] Make alternate webapp container the default on Ubuntu Touch

2015-09-02 Thread Peter Bittner
reen real estate. If only I could! The easier it is for developers to use those possibilities the more they will be used. Custom style sheets defined or configured in a webapp configuration file would be easy and awesome. Any thoughts on this? Canonical? Anyone? Peter 2015-09-01 19:44 GMT+02:00

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General Slowness after OTA-6 update

2015-09-04 Thread Peter Bittner
I can't confirm general slowness on my bq E5, but some other, critical issues are still present: 1.) Phone app makes screen stays black during call (so you can't hang up). 2.) Copy-and-paste still doesn't work neither in a browser nor any web apps. (I only get the selected area and a "Copy" option

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General Slowness after OTA-6 update

2015-09-07 Thread Peter Bittner
here is an existing bug report I can of course easily add these details. Otherwise, I can create a bug report (please tell me where). Kind regard, Peter 2015-09-07 9:43 GMT+02:00 Jean-Baptiste Lallement : > Hi Peter, > > Le 04/09/2015 19:59, Peter Bittner a écrit : >> >> I ca

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General Slowness after OTA-6 update

2015-09-07 Thread Peter Bittner
Follow-up on my WiFi (indicator) issue after OTA-6: > 4.) When I come back into reach of a WiFi network (e.g. when turning > home) the phone doesn't automatically reconnect. (Makes me continue > using up mobile broadband traffic.) I noticed today this could be a network indicator problem, rather

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] General Slowness after OTA-6 update

2015-09-08 Thread Peter Bittner
Bug report on the issue "screen stays black during phone calls (doesn't allow to hang up)": https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1493574 2015-09-08 9:14 GMT+02:00 Jean-Baptiste Lallement : > Le 07/09/2015 10:17, Peter Bittner a écrit : >>

[Ubuntu-phone] Stock web browser can't handle Basic Auth

2015-09-16 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi there, is it possible that the web browser on my bq E5 (r5) can't handle Basic Auth? There is no prompt dialog popping up, instead Apache's usual "Authorization Required" page (on my server) or a similar page (e.g. on https://pypi.python.org) is shown. Should I file a bug report? (Where?) Add

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Ubuntu-touch-coreapps] [ubuntu-system-settings] GSM codes handling broken in system-settings, dialer-app, or address-book-app

2015-09-17 Thread Peter Bittner
Alan Pope : > Forwarding to a more appropriate list. > > Peter, probably best to bring these things up here on ubuntu-phone list. > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Peter Bittner > Date: 16 September 2015 at 22:04 > Subject: [Ubuntu-touch-coreapps] [ubuntu-system-

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] calling for testing the new IDE package

2015-10-13 Thread Peter Bittner
On 14.04.3 LTS it doesn't seem installable: $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sdk-ide Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the uns

[Ubuntu-phone] SIP phone, VoIP telephony integrated in Ubuntu Touch?

2015-10-21 Thread Peter Bittner
I've been looking for a decent, working SIP softphone for Ubuntu in the last 24 hours or more. During my research I figured that Liblinphone [1] is actually a library that could easily be integrated into a phone core app for VoIP/SIP phone calls. Some other user has asked for this before on AskUbu

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Suggestion about translations / additional small release for strings after OTA

2015-10-22 Thread Peter Bittner
(just a comment) ... the same is true about changes to source code, be it bug fixes or added features. What is the process here in detail? User facing components could update also in between releases, given the idea that such changes typically don't entail incompatibilities (read: "API changes").

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Suggestion about translations / additional small release for strings after OTA

2015-10-22 Thread Peter Bittner
ith our > performance, from system-apps, core-apps, system-settings, scopes and > third-apps (uNav, Dekko, Telegram, uReadit and more) everything is down to 0 > on untranslated strings. > > Keep the good work people! > > Thanks > > > 2015-10-22 10:07 GMT+01:00 Peter

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Circle on the lock-screen

2015-10-30 Thread Peter Bittner
"No songs played today" is a tellingly example. It should maybe be more of a "Now playing: ...", maybe even with limited music player controls. I think a feature like that on the lock screen is just "normal" on literally every popular smartphone platform. Is something like that on the roadmap / pro

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Circle on the lock-screen

2015-10-30 Thread Peter Bittner
Alright Oliver, (after all it is just QML I bet a community contributed patch to add > these controls to the circle would be very appreciated *hint* > *hint* ;) ...) > Why on earth do you first invest four paragraphs essentially saying "your ideas, guys, are BS" when you could simply say "contrib

[Ubuntu-phone] Convergence (current status for bq devices)

2015-11-05 Thread Peter Bittner
I have difficulties finding out the current status of convergence. There have been a few videos and photos around on YouTube, Google+, OMG!Ubuntu, Ubuntu Wiki, but I've found no official roadmap or release date for an Ubuntu Touch release with convergence features enabled in general (on any device

[Ubuntu-phone] Spying features in Ubuntu

2015-11-05 Thread Peter Bittner
I've accidentally come across a Richard Stallman interview on Ubuntu. He's mainly concerned about the spying feature of Ubuntu's dash when you do a search on your device. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP8CNp-vksc Is it planned to remove this spying feature? If not, are there plans to make it

[Ubuntu-phone] Unity app indicators and convergence

2015-11-26 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi all, I have the need for a utility that saves the state of all open windows on the desktop, so that when I attach or detach one or more external monitors all application windows are restored in size and position the way they were last time that specific monitor setting was active. There is a s

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Unity app indicators and convergence

2015-11-26 Thread Peter Bittner
ion of Unity, > the best place to ask your indicator-specific questions is on > the ubuntu-desktop mailing list (see [4]) or in #ubuntu-desktop@freenode. > > Have a great day, > Cheers, > > Thomas > > [3] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Mir-devel > [4] https

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Google Calendar Syenc

2015-12-02 Thread Peter Bittner
I can confirm that this is not working at all on my Aquaris E5, OTA-8. It doesn't show neither my primary Google calendar nor my other, included calendars that showed up normally on Android and iOS (e.g. calendars from family members using other Google accounts that I have included, so they show o

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [idea] how to get popular apps from other mobile markets

2015-12-11 Thread Peter Bittner
Valid points. Though, in general, I guess doing Kickstarter projects for cool apps is not wrong as such. Anyone can do this as long as there are open resources available for the implementation (which is certainly not the case for Viber, for example; their server is out of our control, and they are

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [idea] how to get popular apps from other mobile markets

2015-12-11 Thread Peter Bittner
-alternatives-firefox-os#w_whatsapp-client-loqui [2] https://github.com/loqui/im/tree/dev/platform/ubuntu-touch [3] https://github.com/loqui/im/tree/ubuntu-touch [4] https://github.com/loqui/im/issues/434 Anyone willing to give it a try? (kickstarter, or coding) Peter 2015-12-11 18:16 GMT+01:00 Peter

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [idea] how to get popular apps from other mobile markets

2015-12-11 Thread Peter Bittner
2015-12-11 18:16 GMT+01:00 Peter Bittner wrote: > drive it. It would make a favorable picture for Canonical if they'd > play a driving role in this process. (I'm guessing.) Oops, I think I wanted to write: "It wouldn't make a favorable picture [...]" I meant, it

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [idea] how to get popular apps from other mobile markets

2015-12-15 Thread Peter Bittner
This is an awesome vision, Alan! How do we make it happen? (Can we count on Canonical? They have abandoned the lock screen concept that makes prominent use of the circle. Who's going to build these features? Will Canonical at least commit to build the platform basics to make these apps happen? we

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [idea] how to get popular apps from other mobile markets

2015-12-15 Thread Peter Bittner
The circle unlock screen concept has been postponed in 2013. And, let's face it, there will always be "more important things" to do than this. Postponed 2013: - https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg14884.html More links: initial concept, final concept, Android unlock app w/ air gestures - h

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] On the subject of apps...

2015-12-15 Thread Peter Bittner
How about adding your sponsorship at what Boris has started? https://freedomsponsors.org/project/323/uapps#/uapps Peter 2015-12-15 13:07 GMT+01:00 Mark: > ... I've used Simplenote for the last 8 years, and find it invaluable. The > nvPY client does however have one killer feature missing: the a

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] On the subject of apps...

2015-12-15 Thread Peter Bittner
It feels terrible to give them 3% of the turnover for such a horrible website with more bugs than features. But in the end Kickstarter takes 5%... Peter 2015-12-15 15:38 GMT+01:00 Boris Rybalkin: > Right, feel free to register you app request on > https://github.com/cyberb/uapps as an issue with

[Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Phone vs. Sailfish OS (for history fanboys), and Windows phone

2015-12-16 Thread Peter Bittner
I just found an old albeit pretty interesting comparison with demo videos from 2013 about Ubuntu Phone (demoed by Mark Shuttleworth) and Sailfish OS. http://www.jollausers.com/2013/07/why-sailfish-is-better-as-a-modern-os-here-is-a-comparison/ Now that many of us have used Ubuntu Touch for almost

[Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Store not showing last available version of app

2015-12-26 Thread Peter Bittner
Dear Canonical, I've developed a miniscule web app based on ogra's web app container. I've uploaded 5 revisions to the store, I tried them all (except no. 1, which did not pass the automatic reviews), but now that I look at my phone and at the Store version 0.4 shows up as the latest version inste

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Store not showing last available version of app

2015-12-28 Thread Peter Bittner
ubuntu.com/dev/click-apps/3284/ [3] https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/dev/click-apps/4221/ 2015-12-28 14:59 GMT+01:00 Martin Albisetti : > On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Peter Bittner wrote: >> >> I've developed a miniscule web app based on ogra's web app container.

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] black screen makes it imposible to terminate call

2016-01-08 Thread Peter Bittner
If she can't hang up because the screen stays black and can't be turned on for more than a fraction of a second, then this is the bug that I am facing since the very beginning of my relationship with my dear bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Find out if running on a phone

2016-01-11 Thread Peter Bittner
*applaud* Very nice post, Stephen. Thank you. [ What I am wondering is (maybe that was already mentioned in the myriad of messages) what the programming API will look like ("... app may need to know its display surface has changed size"). Is there a spec or draft spec somewhere already? ] The pr

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Hdmi cable

2016-01-12 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi Wayne, I have bought the magnificent XCSOURCE 5in1 MHL adapter [1], only to find out later that it probably works with all devices minus my bq Aquaris 5 HD. :-) I also bought this sweet converter cable [2] so that I could potentially use the USB 3.0 output of my XPS 13 for a second external mo

[Ubuntu-phone] Integrate social accounts in address book

2016-01-19 Thread Peter Bittner
I've just added a bug report (feature request) to the address book app on Launchpad, that hopefully is interesting for a few other users out there. It's about pull contact details from social accounts, so that you don't have to add all those contacts to your address book or contacts in your cloud a

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] prey on ubuntu touch

2016-02-09 Thread Peter Bittner
Would be awesome if these instructions would be on the Preyproject website once finalised. Cheers, Peter 2016-02-09 14:08 GMT+01:00 Julia Palandri : > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 12:19 AM, Wayne Ward wrote: >> >> I have finnaly got prey working on ubuntu touch >> Ive been working for just over a we

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] prey on ubuntu touch

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Bittner
Wayne, I'm really curious how you got the client working on Ubuntu Touch. Is it the Bash client [1]? Does that support all the sweeties on the GUI, as seen on my Ubuntu powered notebook? It would of course be cool if the Prey Project would support a one-click installation directly from their websi

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] font size/ accessibility

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Bittner
Pat, >> Is there any way to customize the fontsize? ( by edititing configuration >> files?) > > There is no good way to do this today and I sympathize. Would some sort of > magnifier/zoom and pan capability satisfy this? We can look into it. > The browser dos support zooming of course which is qu

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] font size/ accessibility

2016-02-11 Thread Peter Bittner
eter 2016-02-11 13:46 GMT+01:00 Markus Wimmer : > Am 11.02.2016 um 00:47 schrieb Peter Bittner: >> >> Pat, >> >>>> Is there any way to customize the fontsize? ( by edititing >>>> configuration >>>> files?) >>> >>> >>

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Circle on the lock-screen

2016-02-11 Thread Peter Bittner
Dedicated to all fanboys and fangirls of the Ubuntu phone circle design: I've added a new feature request (bug report) in Ubuntu-UX: "Unique lock screen design w/ circle gestures to unlock" - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1544670 Please, everyone who cares about a beautiful, usef

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Docking station

2016-02-11 Thread Peter Bittner
I think you can use any bluetooth keyboard with an integrated stand. For example, an article from 2013 [1] lists the "Kensington KeyFolio Pro 2" that is designed for a 10" tablet, such as the iPad 2/3/4. Amazon lists the "Belkin QODE Ultimate Wireless Keyboard and Case" as an alternative. Both are

[Ubuntu-phone] How add custom item to system indicator (network)

2016-02-11 Thread Peter Bittner
I've found out today that accessing the phone via SSH from a (desktop) computer is pretty easy, finally. No need for developer-grade tools like adb shell, etc. [1] To make the solution more user-friendly I'd like to integrate a toggle option in the phone's Network indicator. Right above or below t

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] font size/ accessibility

2016-02-12 Thread Peter Bittner
Markus, please post the URL of the bug report you submit here in this thread of discussion. So we can vote for it. Actually, "theming" should already be a core design feature, at least planned if not implemented. Because OEMs will want to customize their handset's appearance (as demoed with a "blu

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] How add custom item to system indicator (network)

2016-02-12 Thread Peter Bittner
(if needed) and you're all set. JFYI, Peter [2] http://askubuntu.com/questions/601910/ssh-ubuntu-touch/653595#653595 2016-02-12 12:35 GMT+01:00 Oliver Grawert : > hi, > Am Freitag, den 12.02.2016, 00:33 +0100 schrieb Peter Bittner: >> I've found out today that accessing th

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] How add custom item to system indicator (network)

2016-02-12 Thread Peter Bittner
2016-02-12 1:12 GMT+01:00 Michał Sawicz: > Not possible, and I don't think it's planned to allow that currently. It > is also quite an esoteric use case for the general user, and you can The question actually was: Is it possible in general to add a menu item to an indicator menu? And, of course it

[Ubuntu-phone] Automatically synchronize data between devices

2016-02-12 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi there, is there a solution around that allows me to sync all my files, or just selected folders, of my home directory across various Ubuntu devices? Ideally (as an option), when I'm on WiFi or LAN only, not broadband. Something like Dropbox, but for the whole user home directory. Similar to iC

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Automatically synchronize data between devices

2016-02-12 Thread Peter Bittner
Doing a web search with a popular search engine I found this: (published 7 months ago) Canonical are in talks with big services like Whatsapp, Dropbox to help integrate these services within the system rather than with dedicated apps. This reduces the porting costs in bringing these services to U

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] font size/ accessibility

2016-02-13 Thread Peter Bittner
Florian, It may turn out that an option to adjust a (single) value is a problematic idea, from a point of usability and UI consistency. Probably there will be dependencies that cannot be easily met via scaling through a single variable (e.g. double font size may fit together better with only 1.5x

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Command

2016-02-13 Thread Peter Bittner
> Can anybody tell me the command to switch my bq hd5 to propsed channel I think that should be: $ ubuntu-device-flash touch --channel ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/ubuntu See also: https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/image-channels/ Good luck, Peter -- Mailing list: https://

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Keyboard usability

2016-02-15 Thread Peter Bittner
Ferdinand, I'm pretty sure the T9 keyboard layout can be addressed via the layouts (not yet) available in System Settings > Language & Text > Keyboard Layouts. You should file a feature request (bug report) requesting the T9 layout. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-keyboard Royden, The difficult

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Keyboard usability

2016-02-15 Thread Peter Bittner
I've added two other bug reports. Please click "this bug affects me", everyone! "Add speech input, voice input, dictate function for keyboard" - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-keyboard/+bug/1545714 "Swype'ish input on keyboard (for entering text faster)" - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-key

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] How to add an extra "account"

2016-02-17 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi Joachim, are you referring to something you add via the right upper menu (3 dashes) > Calendar in the Calendar app? Allowing to add an arbitrary CalDav data source sync with the phone? - That would be great. Because I'm not seeing immediate responses I suggest you create a bug report (feature

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] mailing list

2016-02-22 Thread Peter Bittner
Actually, I'm getting email from this list here [1], and there are messages. More than enough, recently. [1] https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/ Maybe the mailman thing is just an integration into Launchpad, and the integration is broken? Just guessing. Peter 2016-02-22 12:06 GMT+01:00

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Shashlik running Android apps on Linux

2016-02-22 Thread Peter Bittner
Wow, this is cool news! It's something like Wine, hopefully a lot closer integration-wise. The (realistic) goal of the project according to the introductory video on [1] is to have Android apps available on your desktop (depicted by icons) and just click on the icons to launch them. No setup and t

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Shashlik running Android apps on Linux

2016-02-22 Thread Peter Bittner
No, don't get me wrong. I love to run around with a full-blown pocket calculator that runs the best Terminal app of all mobile platforms. It's just that my wife is bugging me I need to get one of those odd messaging apps, with working notifications (even when the app is in the background), so I ca

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Shashlik running Android apps on Linux

2016-02-22 Thread Peter Bittner
Sorry, I forgot to respond to your second question (and email address). > And if you can run android apps, why would they be bothered to write a native > app. Maybe for the same reason why not every organization chooses to implement their apps using Cordova. Because on an attractive platform I w

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Red/green icons on white background are difficult to distinguish

2016-02-25 Thread Peter Bittner
That's very important feedback. I think icons that depict a horizontally placed (hung up) and diagonally placed (picked up) receiver make the action obvious on other platforms. I suggest you file a bug on this at https://bugs.launchpad.net/dialer-app/+filebug Peter 2016-02-25 16:47 GMT+01:00 Ro

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Red/green icons on white background are difficult to distinguish

2016-02-26 Thread Peter Bittner
There you go, thank you Roberto. "Hang up and pick up icons difficult to distinguish for color blind people" - https://bugs.launchpad.net/dialer-app/+bug/1550185 Everyone who cares about this issue please upvote it ("Affects me too"). 2016-02-25 17:24 GMT+01:00 Peter Bitt

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Store Highlights

2016-03-03 Thread Peter Bittner
Joe, shouldn't those suggestions be based on an automatic algorithm (e.g. a mixture of apps with the highest votes, most downloaded, latest submissions or updates - for the user's specific region and globally, maybe)? I think Roman is pointing that out too (" few 0-star-rated scopes for Russian s

[Ubuntu-phone] Adjusting camera settings in a Web app

2016-03-03 Thread Peter Bittner
Dear Canonical, Dear Appear.in, I'm trying to turn Appear.in into a Web app for Ubuntu Touch, for true video conversations "with up to 8 people for free." It works in Ubuntu Touch's default browser, but for a Web app there are a few things I need to be able to control: 1.) [Canonical] By default

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Browser audio will stop if screen is locked or app is switched

2016-03-03 Thread Peter Bittner
Cool, that actually works with web apps, sweet! Now I've enabled sound-always-on in 2 of my apps, nice! [1,2] Oli, is this feature also available with your ogra container? In another web app I'm using the qmlscene executable [3]. Any easy method the get audio working with the media-hub here too?

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Adjusting camera settings in a Web app

2016-03-05 Thread Peter Bittner
I'm having trouble with allowing a web app to access the phone's camera. This is something that is working fine in the default web browser, but the webapp-container doesn't seem to pick up or accept the policy_groups defined in the apparmor file [1]. `click-review` complains about 3 policy_groups,

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Adjusting camera settings in a Web app

2016-03-05 Thread Peter Bittner
Oli, 2016-03-05 12:02 GMT+01:00 Oliver Grawert: > a missing apparmor block is one thing, but apps that can access > hardware without you knowing by prompting at the first access is > definitely a critical bug. No, there is no prompt for microphone access in the web app. In the plain browser there

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Browser audio will stop if screen is locked or app is switched

2016-03-05 Thread Peter Bittner
I've noticed that there is no mention of the "--enable-media-hub-audio" in the developer documentation online [1], hence I've submitted a bug report [2] to have the related section updated. If you know of any other options that should be listed please add them to the bug report. Thank you! [1] htt

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Browser audio will stop if screen is locked or app is switched

2016-03-05 Thread Peter Bittner
Still trying to make audio available to `qmlscene` (as alternative to `webapp-container`). 2016-03-04 9:39 GMT+01:00 Olivier Tilloy: > All the --enable-media-hub-audio parameter does in the webapp > container is set the value of the OXIDE_ENABLE_MEDIA_HUB_AUDIO > environment variable to 1. AFAIK t

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Browser audio will stop if screen is locked or app is switched

2016-03-05 Thread Peter Bittner
Thanks for the hint, Ratchanan. 2016-03-05 16:44 GMT+01:00 รัชนันท์ ศรีรัตนเมธ: > Maybe you should try using > > Exec=env OXIDE_ENABLE_MEDIA_HUB_AUDIO=1 qmlscene %u qml/Main.qml > > Or > > Exec=/usr/bin/env OXIDE_ENABLE_MEDIA_HUB_AUDIO=1 qmlscene %u qml/Main.qml No, unfortunately the same as with

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Adjusting camera settings in a Web app

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Bittner
Mat, 2016-03-06 14:05 GMT+01:00 Matthew Paul Thomas: > There are supposed to be separate permissions for “Camera”, > “Microphone”, and “Video recording”. “Video recording” includes the > microphone, because making them separate would be pointless. >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] is this a new calendar app (-version) ?

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Bittner
Oh, this is nice! I wished the weekly view in the calendar app looked like this. Also the monthly view needs similar improvement. Can't wait for this to happen. I've found a few related bugs: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-calendar-app/+bug/1473682 (Scrolling in Week view is confusing)

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] BQ E4.5: keyboard/mouse per bluetooth

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Bittner
Does it work with: Systemeinstellungen > Sprache & Text > Tastaturbelegungen ? 2016-03-07 20:05 GMT+01:00 Matthias Apitz: > I got the BT keyboard/mouse device today and it peers fine with the > E4.5. The only problem I have is, it is German QWERTZ layout and I do > not know how to change this in

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Adjusting camera settings in a Web app

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Bittner
I've added a bug report for the non-working camera access in a webapp-container: ``[webapp-container] No access to video provided despite policy_group "camera" in .apparmour file`` - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1554202 Peter -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.n

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Adjusting camera settings in a Web app

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Bittner
I've added another bug report for an issue with switching cameras (rear vs. front): "Switching cameras requires web page reload in webbrowser-app, not available in webapp-container" - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1554244 Peter -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] is this a new calendar app (-version) ?

2016-03-08 Thread Peter Bittner
Actually, this is an issue for me too. The organisation of all my family duties is fundamentally based on different calendars for each of us (every kid has its own calendar, we parents have our calendars, and we have a common calendar for things we do as a family together such as weekend trips and

[Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Touch smart watch "convergence design"

2016-03-08 Thread Peter Bittner
I just wanted to share an interesting thought we came up with jokingly on the "Ubuntu Social" Telegram group. """ Interesting idea: Think smart watch! -- What would the UI of a round Ubuntu Touch smart watch look like? I'm saying, when you reduce your phone's screen to the size of a smart watch. P

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] What about calling to several people?

2016-03-09 Thread Peter Bittner
For video conferencing there is also appear.in, which works fine in the oxide browser (try https://appear.in/test-drive). Not in the webapp-container yet. This is a bug that is being worked on, IIUC. See https://github.com/bittner/appear-in/issues/1 for details and if you want to follow updates on

[Ubuntu-phone] Can't buy app via Ubuntu Store

2016-03-13 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi there, I'm finally ready to buy my first app and pay real money on the Ubuntu Store. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work. The payment process hangs after I enter my "Ubuntu One password". Here's what I do: - Go the the Ubuntu Store via the Apps scope (at the end of the screen) - Scroll do

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] (no subject)

2016-03-18 Thread Peter Bittner
The "forum" is here: https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/maillist.html Of course there could be a nice user interface, including an accessible search feature, but messages are archived and can be read later in time. Most of the SPAM identified by *my* Gmail account is from Yahoo. I believe t

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Difficulty Sending Messages to this List (was Re: (no subject)

2016-03-18 Thread Peter Bittner
Have them check whether they use the same, identical email address for posting messages that they have subscribed with. I'm 99% sure this is the problem. It's like faxes. Why the hack do people lift the receiver and then hang up when they hear the fax signal? Probably because the system is not in

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Maps.me

2016-03-20 Thread Peter Bittner
Wow, that sounds cool! I'd love to see this as an app running natively (offline) on Ubuntu Touch. Anyone ever tried compiling for UT? Peter 2016-03-20 10:50 GMT+01:00 Krzysztof Tataradziński: > Hello, > > I've used a lot of free navi apps (open source or not). For me, best shots > are Google M

[Ubuntu-phone] Settings app crashes when selecting a Service number in Phone > Services

2016-03-26 Thread Peter Bittner
I've noticed the following bug in the Phone Service number selection of the Settings app since OTA-9.1: - In Phone > Services page when I select a Service number which is a phone number then the Settings app hangs, and crashes after approximately a minute. Is this bug known? I've included it as

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] FitnessTracker

2016-03-29 Thread Peter Bittner
Marcin, can you add an issue (feature/app request) to https://github.com/cyberb/uapps/issues, please? I know, not the most obvious place and most promising list, but at least a list where we already have some "please, developers, get your hands dirty if you feel like" requests gathered. Thanks b

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] What’s new in webbrowser-app in OTA-10 ?

2016-04-04 Thread Peter Bittner
What about video support in the webapp-container? [1] Or is this considered not to be part of the webbrowser-app? And what about switching between the rear and front camera in the webapp-container? This is a critical feature, and partly discussed in [2]. Peter [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubu

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Bq screen

2016-04-04 Thread Peter Bittner
OMG, Mitchell! Drop your phone in the dust bin and have bq give you a new E5 for the cost of shipping! Your odyssee is impossible, just feels like something that makes you suffer with every single episode you watch! bq, are you reading this? Stop this marketing nightmare and send a free upgrade t

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Freedom Box and Syncing

2016-04-06 Thread Peter Bittner
The Enigma box is actually such a solution: ownCloud is available pre-installed. - https://en.enigmabox.net/ Peter 2016-04-06 14:29 GMT+02:00 Wayne Taylor : > Just a quick thought: > > I've always imagined a free version of a Pogoplug to solve the whole > sync discussion with ubuntu phone. > >

[Ubuntu-phone] Camera access and camera / video image in webbrowser

2016-04-07 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi all, thanks for OTA-10, has (sort of) fixed some things for me. Most importantly the camera access in the webapp-container, which is now available. Unfortunately, the changes has introduced at least one new bugs in both the webbrowser-app and the webapp-container: (documented for the appear.in

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Camera access and camera / video image in webbrowser

2016-04-07 Thread Peter Bittner
Good! Even better, then all there is missing is switching cameras. Olivier, how is this planned to be implemented? IIRC, there is a camera selection in the permission dialog planned, which is really not the same as a "switching cameras" feature. Because you cannot switch camera after you have star

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Camera access and camera / video image in webbrowser

2016-04-07 Thread Peter Bittner
What does that mean? There is no plan to offer (useable) WebRTC implementation in webapp-container ever? With your reference to the the web API you basically say the only way is to implement things ourselves using JavaScript, correct? We cannot easily integrate existing services that already have

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design]: Color changes in OTA 10

2016-04-11 Thread Peter Bittner
After some days with OTA-10 I must admit I have a hard time accepting light-blue is the new orange. When the security bugfix release was installed today my phone rebooted and there it was again, the good old Ubuntu splash screen in violet shades and an orange progress bar, and later orange progres

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Request: Add “Report a Bug"

2016-04-18 Thread Peter Bittner
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Avengers I've always felt this is the canonical source at Canonical: (funny pun intended! :-) ) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Components I used to update that page. Unfortunately, both pages are now "Immutable". Hence, it's impossible to add a cross-link from one to t

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Gmail notifications

2016-04-19 Thread Peter Bittner
As one of the thousands of victims of Gmail notifications on Ubuntu Touch I would like to file (or start a discussion on) a suggestion: I really don't want to disable notifications in general (and in Gmail *only*, specifically) just to make my Ubuntu phone more quiet. Yet still I can't leave it al

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Apps I would like ....

2016-04-20 Thread Peter Bittner
There is a feature request for this (or similar) on Launchpad: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/dialer-app/+bug/1533104 Everyone interested in a fully integrated approach on the phone please vote for the bug ("Also affects me"), add your comments, or adapt the description. Peter 2016-04-20 16:17 G

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design]: Color changes in OTA 10

2016-04-25 Thread Peter Bittner
nd bright enough to be obvious. > > Cheers, > Randall. > > On 04/11/2016 01:42 PM, Peter Bittner wrote: >> After some days with OTA-10 I must admit I have a hard time accepting >> light-blue is the new orange. >> >> When the security bugfix release was installed today

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design]: Color changes in OTA 10

2016-04-26 Thread Peter Bittner
2016-04-26 11:27 GMT+02:00 Michael Zanetti: > Rae already replied, didn't she? Not on my request, did she? And there were quite a few people chiming in. > It's open source after all, if you *really* can't stand it, you can edit > /usr/lib/arm-gnueabi-hf/qt5/qml/Ubuntu/Components/Themes/Ambiance/1

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design]: Color changes in OTA 10

2016-04-26 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi, I've noted the broken images too. But more importantly, I don't find any blue or blueish on the page. Does that mean this has changed again? That would be great news! (For consistency and style, not for my ego! :-) ) Or is there some other palette for Ubuntu Touch specifically, which generous

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design]: Color changes in OTA 10

2016-04-27 Thread Peter Bittner
2016-04-26 16:56 GMT+02:00 Alan Bell wrote: > there is another palette > https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/apps/qml/tutorials/ubuntu-ui-toolkit-palette/ Understandable that there is some application development specific guide, but why that so so much off the brand style? > It doesn't use the

[Ubuntu-phone] [Development] How open System Settings > About this device page from QML application

2015-08-10 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi there, I'm wondering whether it's possible to open the "System Settings" > "About this device" page programmatically from a QML application. We would need this e.g. for https://github.com/yohanboniface/SensorsStatus/issues/4 Any hints are greatly appreciated. Cheers, Peter -- Mailing list:

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Development] How open System Settings > About this device page from QML application

2015-08-10 Thread Peter Bittner
> On Mon, 2015-08-10 at 15:17 +0200, Peter Bittner wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I'm wondering whether it's possible to open the "System Settings" > >> "About this device" page programmatically from a QML application. We >> would need this e.

[Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Touch Lock Screen Concept

2015-08-12 Thread Peter Bittner
Hi there, Lucas Romero presented his idea of a unique lock screen on OMG! Ubuntu! in 2013. I wonder if this idea ever made it to Canonical. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/07/ubuntu-touch-lock-screen-concept I'm sure there are other, more critical features to implement and bugs to fix, but this i

[Ubuntu-phone] [Development] How clear cache and cookies of WebApp? (Gmail WebApp)

2015-08-12 Thread Peter Bittner
I have a serious issue with the Ubuntu Touch Gmail WebApp: I used to be logged in with two Google accounts in the WebApp. Now, one of those accounts has been disabled and I can't log in anymore. No problem, I've removed the account from System Settings > Accounts. What now happens - with the Gmai

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Development] How clear cache and cookies of WebApp? (Gmail WebApp)

2015-08-12 Thread Peter Bittner
8-12 15:46 GMT+02:00 Olivier Tilloy : > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Peter Bittner > wrote: > > I have a serious issue with the Ubuntu Touch Gmail WebApp: > > > > I used to be logged in with two Google accounts in the WebApp. Now, one > of > > those accounts h

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