Don't see one of my main gripes mentioned.
I want to be able to setup the applications in the Wave launcher
to be able to have _different_ applications in it than
in the bottom bar of the main launcher.
I.E. Bottom bar has Phone, Contacts, Email, Calendar.
Wave launcher has Web, Tweed, Facebook, Slacker Radio.
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Michael
On 2/16/2010 10:38 PM, Craig Froehle wrote:
> All,
> As promised, here's the summary of your feedback on webOS that I sent
> to Palm. Note that asterisks are meant to indicate particularly
> popular issues and that it's a mix of verbatim text and my
> synthesis/condensing of similar points.
>
> ======== SOFTWARE =========
>
> *** MORE RESPONSIVE!!! LESS LAGGY!!! {OS} ******+ [#1 complaint by far]
>
> CALENDAR [lots of complaints& grousing about how it's not even as
> usable/useful as basic Palm OS Calendar was]
> - Invite/add event attendees (and have them show up on Exchange)
> - Show anniversaries and birthdays (from Contacts fields);
> configurable per contact (not all bdays should show up in Calendar)
> with reminders N days prior *
> - Quicker delete of events (Currently it takes 4 clicks)
> - Quicker editing of events (e.g., in place in the calendar grid -
> text and time. I shouldn't have to open the calendar entry to do
> that).
> - A default reminder alarm for the scheduled start time (currently the
> closest to this is '5 minutes prior').
> - Ability to set the reminder in minutes, hours AND days. I need to
> set an event for an assignment deadline, and have it start reminding
> me several days before it's actually due.
> - If event has a reminder alarm set, an alarm bell icon should be
> displayed in the event name in the calendar day view. (Currently there
> is no indication that an alarm is set unless you open the event.)
> - Finite duration option on alarms ("Had an alarm go off this morning
> in my pocket whilst I was driving - you have no idea how annoying it
> is not being able to stop driving to dismiss it!")
>
> EMAIL
> - Threaded conversations (a la Gmail)! **
> - The formatting of picture in email. The whole picture is not viewed.
> It gets cut. Text is fine in mail.
> - Should be an option: When you delete an email, it should open up
> the next email (as opposed to taking you back to the list)
> - Group email addressing capability (be able to group multiple email
> addresses and save as a single contact) *
> - Ability to play wav voicemail files in email
> - Ability to "watch" additional folders in the email app. Right now
> it will only automatically fetch new mail for the INBOX of each
> account; I'd like it to automatically show me new mail in subfolders
> as well.
> - A "delete permanently" option in email. My default action is for
> delete to move messages to a Trash folder, but I prefer to permanently
> delete some to save space. I can't do that today.
> - When syncing to Gmail, would like to have swiping the message off
> the screen in one direction "archives" the message and swiping it in
> the other direction sends it to trash. Right now, prefs let me only
> do one or the other.
> - Keyboard-based email control shortcuts (like on Blackberry)
> - Progress bar while downloading email. Currently, you don't know when
> it's finished. (Something more accurate than the rotating number icon
> that only indicates syncing is occurring)
> - When deleting messages, ability to "delete from server" for
> individual messages, as on the Treo 700p.
> - Ability to sort email descending vs. ascending for various columns
> (date, subject, etc).
> - When multiple image files are attached to email, ability to view
> them sequentially by tapping "NEXT", right arrow, or something
> similar, without having to swipe back to the message to open each one
> separately.
> - Ability to "Save All" attachments, including image files, from an
> email message.
>
> LAUNCHER
> - Generally, there's a lot of frustration w/ lack of customization of
> the launcher screens& Wave launcher: "Certainly>4 launcher pages,
> or better yet maybe no pages at all, but a large seemless area one can
> swipe around (like Android)?" ****
> - Option to scroll launcher pages horizontally instead of vertically.
> - Make launcher icons a bit smaller, so 12 show totally on the
> launcher screen...currently the ones closest to the launch bar are cut
> in half.
> - More than 4 apps on the quick launch ribbon.
> - Faster access to frequently used apps (>4)
> - A task manager (a la JSTop)
> - Fill screen with open cards (a grid, not single row)
>
> AGENDA/TODAY VIEW (Suggested by several) ***
> - A today screen or agenda screen that can always be visible if desired.
> - Press-n-hold on the button (Pre; glowing line on other devices) to
> bring up an agenda overlay - or at least the next couple of
> appointments - and it disappears when you let go of the button
>
> Full Documents to Go (document creation& editing, not just reading) ***
>
> SOUND
> - More/better control over alarms, alerts and other sounds. Mimicking
> the control I had on the Treo would be nice. Doing Profiles like the
> BB would be better.
> - Add much more granular controls for sound. I want options to change
> alert sounds for everything that currently makes some kind of sound
> (well, maybe not within 3rd party apps, except when those apps use
> notification services) **
>
> CONTACTS
> - Anniversary field in contacts (shows up in Calendar) **
> - Allow the picture field in Outlook contacts to sync with the contact
> picture in the Pre. (Currently wegOS does not support syncing contact
> photos, so Outlook contact photos do not transfer to the Pre
> contacts.)
>
> SMS/IM
> - The ability to save lists for group texting and emailing
> - Ability to purge old txt messages (e.g., all, older than 1wk, etc.)
> - Allow picture messages to be sent when in wi-fi mode.
> - Broader IM integration ("Most crappy phones have at least the big
> boys now: AIM, yahoo, google, msn, icq, myspace, facebook")
> - Windows Live Messenger support
>
> GENERAL
> - Assignable keyboard keys (hold to launch apps, go to specific
> websites, etc....like Palm OS did) **
> - Wide virtual scroll bar that autohides when not needed **
> - Allow for services to keep running even when the phone is locked
> (screen is off). In particular, GPS.
> - Better cut/copy/paste * (lots of frustration over placing and moving
> the cursor w/r/t precision)
> - On-screen keyboard (portrait and landscape) **
> - Proxy support for WiFi and cellular data connections
> - Ability to select multiple items (email messages, photos, etc.) and
> perform actions on them, such as delete, move to specific folder, or
> (as in email) to be able to empty a folder. **
> - Landscape view for all apps (esp. email& PDF viewer) ***
> - Universal Search should search all apps and all fields (e.g., not
> just name& phone in Contacts); search strings that begin w/ numbers
> (currently cannot do in Memos& Tasks) **
> - Ability to jump to "top of page" or "end of page" in emails, web
> pages, and when viewing long list of records (e.g., inbox, or memos).
> *
> - Ability to control the brightness when it's turned off but on the
> Touchstone (darker at night, brighter during the day; configurable;
> maybe widgets to add stuff other than the clock and alerts!). *
> - Microphone support in the SDK
> - Global quicktext with emoticons too
> - Ability to lock orientation (such as for reading when lying on side)
> - Ability to send to printer directly from Pre
>
> COMPATIBILITY
> - Support for more audio and video codecs and formats, especially
> Audible.com format
> - WMV& PPS file support
>
> BROWSER
> - Optional "mobile reader" view, where the page is formatted so
> content auto-word-wraps to fit the screen (no pinching/zooming
> needed). "Android and Blackberry have this."
>
> PHONE
> - International dialing (e.g., how to handle +)
> - Fix problem with the dialer where it mixes people up when called,
> and in the call log. If I have two people with the same phone number
> but different extensions, it seems to randomly pick one of them to
> display, without regard for who I actually called, and it loses the
> extension information so I can't tell in the Call Log who I actually
> called! *
>
> CAMERA
> - Self-timer for the camera.
> - Resolution options: VGA, 1024x768, 1600x1200,& Full (3MP)
> - Quality (compression)& sharpening options: Low / Med / Hi
>
> OTHER/NEW
> - Audio/voice recording (to standard format, saved in storage area) **
> - Voice recognition *
> - Text-to-speech
> - Visual voicemail
> - XM/Sirius Radio app
> - Shazaam app
> - Decent Facebook app
>
> MUSIC
> - Equalizer
>
> PATCHES
> - Add most of the patches (or at least similar ones with options for
> them to be turned on/off - configurability out of the box is not very
> good)
> - Patches I find useful are:
> ...4x4 icons v3
> ...Brightness in Device Menu
> ...Call Duration in Call Log
> ...Call History During Call
> ...Enable add/delete pages
> ...Enable landscape email *
> ...Enable landscape PDF viewer *
> ...Flashlight in device menu
> ...Improved filename format
> ...Mimic Outlook formatting on Email Replies
> ...No auto refresh after idle *
> ...Repeat Reminder Notifies
> ...Reset options on power button hold
> ...Reset to first page
> ...Timestamp - builtin
> ...Wrap location field
>
>
> ======== HARDWARE ========
>
> *** MORE RESPONSIVE!!! LESS LAGGY!!! {change processor speed? RAM?}
> **** [#1 complaint by far]
>
> Macro mode on the camera *
>
> External/Removable storage *
>
> A dedicated scroll key (or something) on the keyboard *
>
> LED notifications *
>
> Increased RAM ("for more speed and better handling of multiple cards -
> we've seen this with the Pre Plus")
>
> Increased internal storage
>
> Digital compass
>
> More buttons (for creating hotkeys to do things or start apps without
> all the swiping)
>
> Slightly larger and/or higher res screen - at least as one model
> option (to compete with the larger Android& iPhone screens)
>
> Rotatable physical keyboard so it can be used when screen is in both
> portrait and landscape modes
>
> Better battery life
>
> Finally fix the Touchstone problem where the phone cycles through
> charging/not charging every few seconds
>
> BLUETOOTH:
> - Better range: "If I leave my Plantronics Discovery 665 in one room
> and walk to another with the phone, I too often have to manually get
> into bluetooth and tell it to reconnect. It does, but it should happen
> automatically, or not lose connection in the first place."
> - "Auto-recognize and connect to available Bluetooth. I have three
> Bluetooths (blueteeth?) - a Plantronics 655, Plantronics 655, and a
> Super BlueAnt. I would like two things:
> 1) for the Pre to recognize and reconnect after being out of range,
> 2) is related - auto-connect to whichever of the units it detects,
> of the ones to which it is paired. For instance, one of the
> Plantronics runs out of battery, and I swap units. It should
> auto-connect to the new one. Or I turn off the Plantronics and turn on
> the BlueAnt (visor-mounted); it should detect the swap and
> auto-connect." (Others said their webOS devices already do this; may
> be a user-specific issue)
>
>
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