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Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

Btw is Dropbox and other cloud services coming soon to Salfish as accounts?

Or are these just something else:

https://bugs.merproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295
https://bugs.merproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

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Originally Posted by juiceme (Post 1482260)

One thing I missed from previous version, which still is not implemented is possibility to lock device with ons swipe when I have an applcation in the front; I need to first swipe off sideways and only after that swile down to lock. What I'd like to see si to lock the device without killing thew app, using for example an L-shaped swipe or something.

What about this:

Shorter swipe(something like max 30- 50%): When you are in application it closes it. When you are in homescreen or events it locks the device.

Longer swipe: It brings the menu as it is now.

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

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Originally Posted by pichlo (Post 1482218)

Yes, that was about it. Gestures. Means to an end. We have a new hammer so everything has become a nail. Let's use gestures for everything, with no regard whether it suits the purpose or not.
Consistent? Definitely. Intuitive? Definitely not!

The new interface may have lost some of that consistency but it made up to it a thousand times with a much increased intuitivity.

This comes from someone who has used Jolla for a year and was very familiar with the interface, so you cannot accuse me of confusing intuitivity with familiarity.

honestly i found swipe gesture on cover not only consistent, but even intuitive and useful. you dont risk to miss tap that buttons wich are also horrible. for the rest i prefer this 2.0..i think that a solution if the are decided to keep such useless carousel ( what the sense of it? to play with fingers? i have better things to do), is implement something as patch of nodevel that trasform the cursed buttons in pull down menu on cover,but adding the other button with pull up on cover.
only problem would be scrolling, but i think its enought to scroll holding space between covers and not within cover. or maybe setting a lateral vertical bar (only virtual) on the edge. if u want to scroll u can do it between the covers, or using thumb up and down on the right side ( or left)

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

Why not a two-finger swipe to switch carousel?

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

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Originally Posted by vistaus (Post 1482291)

Why not a two-finger swipe to switch carousel?

because there might be people with no fingers. (or only 1 finger :p)

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

it would be difficult since we are used to use thumbs..generally

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

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Originally Posted by ssahla (Post 1481892)

Did you know that a double press of the power button wakes straight to home screen? Works only when lock code is not required, though.

Oh, by the way – I had forgotten about this! – you can make the double-tap-screen work in the same way as double-press-powerbutton with terminal command

Code:

mcetool --set-doubletap-mode=unlock

That way a double tap on the screen takes you straight to home screen, if the lock code is not active. Just tested, works in 1.1.9.28.

Revert with

Code:

mcetool --set-doubletap-mode=show-unlock-screen

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

It brings you also to events view if you have closed from it, Great.

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

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Originally Posted by ssahla (Post 1482296)

Oh, by the way – I had forgotten about this! – you can make the double-tap-screen work in the same way as double-press-powerbutton with terminal command

Code:

mcetool --set-doubletap-mode=unlock

That way a double tap on the screen takes you straight to home screen, if the lock code is not active. Just tested, works in 1.1.9.28.

Revert with

Code:

mcetool --set-doubletap-mode=show-unlock-screen

so from phone locked with double tap it takes to home ??

Re: First thoughts about the (pre) Sailfish OS 2.0

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Originally Posted by itdoesntmatt (Post 1482300)

so from phone locked with double tap it takes to home ??

Yes! It even survives a power cycle. Ssahla, I cannot thank you enough. Do you have a donation link? I want to buy you a beer.