lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

So, I'm aiming at using MeeGo CE on a day to day basis.. and I personally really hate the interactivity of that stupid launcher / switcher mode button, amongst many other things.

A while ago, I had a thought to re-imagine the desktop in QML, to allow for a lot more flexibility, and thanks to some help from Tom Swindell / alterego and input from a lot of other people, it's starting to take some shape.

Current status is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuS00aA8QyM

Current repo is at:
https://github.com/chive/lipstick

All the stuff you see on screen is QML (well, with possible exception of the applications themselves), and can be changed easily.

Hopefully, once this matures a bit more, the other CE folks will accept this as the new default UI, replacing the aeons-old ugly handset one. ;)

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

Definitely very interesting, and got intriguing name (unlike other ones we use to know about Meego ;) ). Keep that good work, I'm observing this with much attention.

/Estel

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

And now running on a vega tablet, thanks to mingwandroid & all the other guys working on vega: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoM9a8oR-m0

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

Yes! Finally an improved UI for Meego on my N900! Thats one more step closer to using Meego on a daily basis..

EDIT: can this also be used as a replacement for hildon launcher and task switcher?

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

Not really, at least, not without some pretty huge changes to hildon-desktop. You could pretty easily write a UI that looked rather like Hildon's launcher and switcher, if you wanted.

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

It looks like Swipe UI concept... :D

Good work! :)

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

OH MY! That is really good, i hope you gusy keep it up.

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

can we use it in n900? fingers crossed

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

I guess you missed the end of the video, where I ran it on an n900? :)

Yes, the intention is for it to be the new desktop for MeeGo CE when it's more "ready". So it'll run on n900s.

Re: lipstick - New extensible touch interface targetted at MeeGo CE
 

http://qtl.me/imgbin20111006-30937-vfzk8w-0.jpg

the above is the demonstration of the start of some WIP tinkering with a new feature - desktop widgets... something the Maemo community has wanted in MeeGo for a very long time

the blue and red rectangles are simple demo widgets, QML components...