On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:40 PM, rhn <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:22:36 +0200 > Tom Hacohen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 3:26 PM, rhn <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Hey. > > > I finally decided to switch to the new SHR-T after using the old SHR-U > > > because I was afraid of breakage and not having time to fix stuff on my > own. > > > As I expected, most of the bugs are ironed out now, but some remain. > > > > > > The most annoying thing is that sometimes, multipart SMS I send are cut > > > off. This happens only when my SIM card is full (I remember sending SMS > via > > > ogsmd required copying it to SIM and then sending). I guess that could > be > > > solved by copying messages from the SIM and always keeping some space > on the > > > card. Or at least presenting the user with a message along the lines of > "You > > > have to clean up your SIM card". > > > > > > The second most annoying thing was a bug in the new screen dimming > feature. > > > In some cases, using the phone irregularly causes the screen to get > stuck in > > > the half-lit mode. After a while, it dims again, but doesn't light up > fully > > > until restart. > > > > > > One more thing is Unicode support in SMS. I daresay it's actually > unwelcome > > > in many cases. Most mobile phones and SMS sending services convert > Unicode > > > to plain ASCII, because UCS-2 encoded messages are heavy and costly. > > > Someone will say: "don't use Unicode signs". Well, that would be fine > if > > > the only input was a dumb keyboard, but our keyboards support > dictionaries > > > that do contain Unicode letters. > > > My proposition is to mgive users choice to convert Unicode letters to > their > > > ASCII approximations. I would have done that myself, but I couldn't > find my > > > way through the C code responsible for that. I would happily extend the > > > settings app though. > > > > > > Having said that, I have to admit that current SHR-t is the most > > > comfortable image I've ever used! Being able to store all messages I > receive > > > is something I've been waiting for so long. The alarms app - it > literally > > > feels like someone was reading my mind! > > > Last but not least, I'm happy to finally have a notes application. I > used > > > to write my notes down in text files, and that required running > terminal and > > > then the all-keyboard vi... BTW, there's a need for a finger-friendly > text > > > editor, too. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > rhn > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Concerning messages: We do send messages as 7bit gsm (i.e, not ucs2) when > > possible, we do not try to convert to approximation because we want to > send > > EXACTLY what you asked us to send, you don't want to send unicode > messages, > > don't type unicode characters, it's as simple as that (in my pov). The > > remaining characters counter shows ~70 when it's a unicode message and > ~160 > > when it's 7bit gsm. > > Don't you think I have a point? > > -- > > Tom. > > > It's not as easy as that. > > I'm using the Illume keyboard with a normal dictionary, containing all the > words exactly how they are written. I use the dictionary not only for SMS: I > write notes, emails or communicate using Pidgin. I enter Unicode words there > and I'm happy about it. > > I don't want to use two separate dictionaries for SMS and for everything > else. It's impossible with the Illume keyboard anyway, because it shares the > dynamic part regardless of the "main" dictionary. > > You're basically saying "don't use the dictionary at all or pay twice for > messages". Yes, I know that it's not something you couldn't live without, > but it helps *a lot* to be able to type quickly and not pay and arm and a > leg for that. > > I agree that modifying all Unicode messages is unacceptable, but it > shouldn't be bad if the user could choose. > > Cheers, > rhn > _______________________________________________ > If you can come up with an algorithm that clearly states what you want to change to what, we can probably make it a config option. Mind providing an example sentence (in unicode) and what you want it to translate to? (in 7bit gsm). Thanks. -- Tom.
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