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bluefoot 2014-12-11 20:06

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
Unless you suffer from bad eyesight, I can't think of many (any) phones where time / reception info / notifications were illegible. As far as screen area is concerned, it typically takes 1/15th to 1/20th of screen area, depending on size and resolution of the display. I don't even understand the purpose of the lock screen, or homescreen if you want to call it that. It does nothing except display information that a status bar would, except with no global visibility or access. It'd be an immense improvement if it were entirely abolished, a status bar implemented, and the pulley menu was then accessible from the main screen. The latter's only useful feature at the moment is to enable silent mode, whilst anything else can be accessed more quickly from app folders. It's also less pfaff to swipe up from the bottom to access the notification screen than look at the lock screen to see notifications, since you then have to do that anyway to actually access them.

bluefoot 2014-12-11 20:23

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
If they don't announce that it's coming in December tomorrow, it won't be coming until January ... or hopefully no later than January.

billranton 2014-12-11 20:31

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
Got to agree with aegis - one of Silica's big advantages for me is that the whole screen is available for applications. No status bar, no soft buttons. The peek works really well for me.

bluefoot 2014-12-11 20:36

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by billranton (Post 1451690)
Got to agree with aegis - one of Silica's big advantages for me is that the whole screen is available for applications. No status bar, no soft buttons. The peek works really well for me.

Maybe if you never receive messages, never move or never want to see the time at the same time as using other apps. It's one of the first (negative non-hardware related) comments that most people who I've introduced to it make. Besides, the vast majority of new phones have much higher resolutions, and a lot of them much larger screen sizes, so pixels / screen area are hardly at a premium.

nodevel 2014-12-11 20:45

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
I am glad my ignore list is working well.

Now if only:
  • The topic didn't appear in Active Topics.
  • I could see a generic "Bad news, everything sucks and Jolla is doomed." statement (instead of the post) that would sum it up for me.
;)


In other news, Jolla just closed series B funding round. I wouldn't rush the 10th update if I were them (being a tester of the 9th one).

tmi 2014-12-11 21:21

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by bluefoot (Post 1451682)
I don't even understand the purpose of the lock screen

Try enabling the LPM Glance screen and maybe you do. I'm not saying the lock screen is perfect as it is, but it's not totally useless, either.

As with the status bar, it's quite refreshing to see a UI where there is no constant distraction hanging in the corner of your eye. Also, the LED is supposed to give you information, too.

Dave999 2014-12-11 21:25

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nodevel (Post 1451693)
I am glad my ignore list is working well.

Now if only:
  • The topic didn't appear in Active Topics.
  • I could see a generic "Bad news, everything sucks and Jolla is doomed." statement (instead of the post) that would sum it up for me.
;)


In other news, Jolla just closed series B funding round. I wouldn't rush the 10th update if I were them (being a tester of the 9th one).

If you can see this message both you and jolla are doomed, plus ignore list doesn't work perfect for you. I have foreseen the update to...
jPhone 14th January 2015,
shipment of jolla tablet 23 May 2015,
sailfish 2.0 12 may 2015.

mscion 2014-12-11 21:42

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
Anybody know what Dave999 has been up to? He's on my ignore list but I thought I'd ask. I guess if I don't hear from anyone then I'm on everyone else's ignore list... Kind of like that tree in the forest haiku. Oh dang! Why should I care. Nobody's listening anyways...

aQUICK1 2014-12-11 22:00

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mscion (Post 1451703)
Anybody know what Dave999 has been up to? He's on my ignore list but I thought I'd ask. I guess if I don't hear from anyone then I'm on everyone else's ignore list... Kind of like that tree in the forest haiku. Oh dang! Why should I care. Nobody's listening anyways...

If i wanna read nonsence or brainless remarks i will remove D666 from my Ignore list.:rolleyes:

bluefoot 2014-12-11 22:01

Re: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tmi (Post 1451700)
Try enabling the LPM Glance screen and maybe you do. I'm not saying the lock screen is perfect as it is, but it's not totally useless, either.

As with the status bar, it's quite refreshing to see a UI where there is no constant distraction hanging in the corner of your eye. Also, the LED is supposed to give you information, too.

Whilst that implementation of a glance screen makes use of the existing lock screen, it is not a raison d'etre for the latter and does not require that one exists (in current form). If anything the N9-like glance screen is an argument for the case I'm making - to have information passively available all the time.

LED can only display some notification / battery status info, and nothing more ... even then, I find its consistency with actually activating itself for notifications rather lacking. Mine has never worked all the time for SMS or Mitakuuluu (RIP).


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