The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Hey everyone ... I just had this idea that we should maintain this thread which lists all the N900 Apps which are said to properly work on the N900, and all those which have any issues. This would ease the risk that people take when installing stuff from Extra-Testing and Extra Devel .. Of course, technically there's always a risk when running software not properly released, but that does not mean that they also dont work .. ;) ... Getting my point .. :)

So all you people need to do is just post here all the apps which you have recently tried out, and tell us if they worked for you, or if you had any issues with them ..

Also, people can post here if they need feedback for any program which is not mentioned here, and then someone can answer whether that program worked for them or not .. I will keep updating this thread regularly and people start to post in .. :)

If the application you are interested in is not listed below, please post here that you need feedback on it or PM me !

Also, in addition to reporting errors and other general feedback here, it is highly recommended that you post your findings at the QA Repository! Link!

I will start off with the software which I have recently tried out:

Apps that work perfectly !:

If there is any application listed here which you are having problems with, please report them in this thread .. !

AbiWord Word Processor
AccDisplay
BlueMaemo
Countdown Timer
Desktop Command Execution Widget - latest version is known to be stable
DialCentral
DiskUsage
DOSBox
DrNokSnes -- you may experience a few emulation issues, but other than that it seems to be fine !
Duke Nukem 3D CD Version - needs CD Key though (Shareware version doesn't!)
fbreader
FeedingIt
Flashlight
FM Radio Player
Google Latitude Updater
GPX View
Hermes
iNES
irreco-for-n900 - but unknown issues reported. Will re-categorize this when further details come forward!
Lybniz
Mad Bomber
maemo-geolocation
Maep
Mancala
MathJinni
MediaBox Media Center
midnight commander
onedotzero
Personal Dataplan Monitor (to reset the counter, go to Settings ->Phone ->Data Counter ->Clear. Thanks qwertyberty!)
Powatool
Pidgin Internet Messenger
qtirreco
rootsh
RulerJinni
StockThis
Tickstill
TouchSearch
usbcontrol
VoR
VGB
vnc viewer
WeightJinni
WifiInfo
wikiHow
Xournal

Apps that have Issues:

appwatch - works, not fully functional as yet
Firefox -- a bit slow
flip clock -- crashes .. ! Does not even start for me !
freoffice -- very slow, often does not read files properly, and also crashes
fring -- crashes when there's no connection available. Also some navigation issues (thanks tpharaoh!)
Currency Converter -- some crashes reported!
MSN Protocol Plugin -- Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't
Load-Applet -- makes the OS slow
maePad -- a bit slow, especially when you enable gridlines in the sketch section .. Also, sometimes the controls don't properly load and you have to restart the application ..
mbarcode -- Very inefficient at detecting barcodes
Midori - may be slow for some people!
Mirror -- slow and shows a really ugly output
msaber - doesn't really work!
recaller - works well, but it seems a bit slow to switch to the desktop during a call to start recording!
rs -- has a serious bug in it which keeps locking your phone again and again (probably happens when you set both locking and unlocking passwords the same -- eventually I had to reflash my N900)
shake2control -- did not really work for me
tweakr -- did not work for me properly
VGBA -- works but is slow/inefficient at emulating!

Apps for which feedback is requested:

aircrack-ng
cpumem
evopedia
File Transfers
Google Voice plugin for Conversations and Calls
hexedit
iquake3
irreco-core
kernel-module-cifs
kernel-module-ntfs
liqcalendar
miniature
pedometerhomewidget
pool
qTranslate
ses
shutter
Speech record and playback
Subtitles Support
thumb-sudoku
transitioncontrol
Unzip addon for the File Manager
zip

Please do post your feedback people ... And if this thread turns out to be useful, maybe it should be stickied or something .. :)

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

I would also add more info on each app... like if they're fully opted or not... etc

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

what about using your energy for really testing the apps and push those faster from extras-testing to extras?

http://wiki.maemo.org/Help_testing_software

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Well my intention in making this list was basically for two reasons:

-> Suppose a person wants to install some software from extras-devel, he can just come here and see what has been posted against that app here ..

-> People who have already tested out other software which is not mentioned here, can post their feedback ..

Of course, those willing to properly test out software in detail can refer to the link posted by ossipena ..

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

And I will add details on optified status for the above apps later on too hopefully ..

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Abiword works fine, I really use it a lot. It is far more bdetter than the latest N810 I used, which was also good. It only has some slight issues when trying to select some textfragments - it will move these selected fragments sometimes. So you have to use the restore-button once in a time. Though far less then I used too wid the old pased away N810.
Now I'm hoping for a 4,3 inch N910.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Please, put it in Wiki format instead of a forum thread.

I've also wanted to do something similar for 'proven and tested' flash apps, but I haven't received my N900 yet, so no point starting that yet...

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

irreco-for-n900

I have loaded this. Good one. I could use my N900 to control my Sony Trinitron TV. No issues in downloading or installing the same. Not tried other appliances.

I could add/delete new remote buttons also. But, number of buttons on screen are limited. I think I can reduce icon size (button image size) so that more buttons per screen I can add. I have to try this.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Just go to Settings ->Phone ->Data Counter ->Clear

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Unless you have a version number it doesn't help much as v1.1 of an application could work fine but v1.2 could introduce some problem that makes in unusable.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that what the QA Queue (http://maemo.org/packages/repository...xtras-testing/) is for?

That said, it has just taken me an age to find it, even though I knew about it.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Fring isn't bad, but it will crash if you don't have connection already open. Also, I found navigation a bit hard, as if you close a chat, it won't reopen.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

dont get me wrong

but I see this as a pointless exercise. The system of voting for an app is in place and I can see a lot of app developers going around requesting for votes which shouldnt be the case.

why not spend your time by testing the app if you have downloaded it , then go and vote for it, or comment about it in maemo.org/packages section for the app.

that way the developer gets his comments for improvement , chances are you get your fixes sooner, and all future downloaders have enough info about the goods/bads of the app in one place.

this is just my opinion, you are of course free to carry on with a thread :) !

cheers

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Currency converter crashed my device

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Really? I'm the author of Currency Converter. Could you be more specific? Please use this thread for support.

Thanks :)

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

yes, there is a link to that in the wiki page (should be more visible though)

from there one can just look at the karma, its imo far better way than someones 10secs of testing + recommendation to this thread...

once again: double work.

it's ok if you do testing first like described at wiki article and after that write couple remarks about the software here.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

The point is that on thhe application pages linked from there, you can see the points that people have raised, raise your own observations and vote on the app for promotion to extras. This thread appears to be attempting to duplicate a subset of that functionality in a less structured fashion. I would recommend people testing apps to work from those repository links rather than post here.

Edit : err - I misread the intent of your post. It seems that we're in agreement

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Alright thanx for your feedback man .. I have moved AbiWord up .. :) .. In case if someone objects, I can move it down again ..

yeh thats not a bad idea too ... but now that I've started this thread, lets see where it goes .. otherwise we can move to wiki later on maybe ..

I think this thread would probably be more accessible than the wiki if its stickied or something btw ..

Alright, irreco is being promoted too .. btw, can someone please tell me the difference between irreco-for-n900 and irreco-core .. ?

Alright thanx for that .. promoting ..

You are right, but the point is as the applications update, we can either promote or demote them here ... or mention a note that v1.1 works but v1.2 doesnt, etc .... Good point though !

Yes, but like I said before, I think this thread would be more accessible than the QA Repository (I didn't even know that it existed uptill now :confused:) ...

Thanks for the feedback dude .. I think I should list fring under Apps with issues then, right ?

Thanks for the feedback!

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

point well noted .. Yes, this should be done, and I think I will mention this in the first post too that voting should be done there too ... but my purpose of creating this thread was to give quick feedback access to the readers (people who are thinking of installing an app from the testing/devel areas, but are worried that they may have bugs) ...

Its like this (some basic computer jargon here :P) ... you can go an fetch data from memory, but you can fetch data from the cache even faster .. :rolleyes:

But yes, voting should be done at the repositories too .. !

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Extra Decoders Support - very good.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Why is there not a "No" option in the poll?

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Because there already is a proper place (http://maemo.org/packages/repository...xtras-testing/) for such comments. The place where the application developers look to see problems and comments from testers is not here and working in the proper place influences what gets promoted to extras and when.

Encouraging people to post stuff here instead of the proper place is a waste of time, may hinder the development of apps and will hinder promotion into extras.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

I am trying to do something good here ... still, why do people have to oppose the idea so much .. im sure it would have helped a lot of people by now ..

there is a 'Not really' option available in the poll to relieve your thirst ..

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

I'd hardly say irreco-for-n900 works perfectly.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

DrNokSnes works perfectly for me except for the sound issues in Final Fantasy III.
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Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

What problems are you experiencing ?

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Im not being lazy or anything, but i think this thread would be even better, if you could slowly put links in where the aps name are (or the link next to the app.) Just slowly update it in your own time.

I stuggle to find some apps, but i think the links are worth it anyway, this is a great thread!

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

But not nearly as helpful to the developers (and ultimately themselves) as posting in the comments section of the QA queue for the individual app and voting accordingly there. The vast majority of developers will never see this thread or never notice a comment about their app in it.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Updated the first post .. ! Thanks for your feedback! :)

Which links are you talking about .. If you are interested in downloading these apps, they can be easily downloaded and installed using the App Manager in the N900 ..

I have put up a link to the QA Repository in the first post now, so people can post there as well ... Like I have said several times before now, the purpose of this thread is to provide a quick overview for a certain application to the user ... ! I bet 80% of the people here dont even know about the Repository area ... ! Don't get me wrong though; I am not saying that the Repository is a bad idea. I'm just saying that its harder to retrieve information from there, thats all ! And for this reason I have made this thread ... I surely hope that this answers all such what-is-the-purpose-of-this-thread-questions .. :o

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

yes, I respect the idea, but

• it is about the same work than testing
• this doesn't get software to extras
• extras-testing karma is more thorough indication about state of a program than one guys opinion after short test

which part from the words
you dont understand? you could do something better with your time that helps much more than updating application statuses here. and it will be useful to everybody, even those who doesn't want to touch testing...

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

i agree this isnt the best way to deal with this but

• appwatch - works, not fully functional as yet
• BlueMaemo - installed and ran okay, but didnt use app so cannot verify it works)
• Desktop Command Execution Widget - latest version is now stable and you can have multiple widgets with different scripts shown
• DOSBox - works okay, old DOS games work.. NFS 1 runs very poorly and slowly. games like duke nukem 1 (NOT 3d) will be about the best you will get to run..(?)
• Duke Nuken 3D CD Version - works better than shareware version, though only useable if you own the original game)
• midnight commander - great way to start transferring and editing files
• msaber - runs, but when i used it it was very poor and didnt work
• Powatool - couldnt live without this one. status menu is configurable (hide and show only), and you can toggle the nokia boot video to quicken device startup.
• qtirreco - runs, havent tested functionality
• usbcontrol - comes with maemo-pc connectivity - configure usb.......... works, can set usb network

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Midori: slow as hell and it has a dependency for some library which makes it impossible to update to PR1.1
QtIrreco: Works OK. I am able to use it with both of my TVs.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

I'm with ahmadka here.
- this is a quicker and friendlier overview imo. It's clear what it's about. With the Karma page I don't really know if a high karma just says something about stability, or also about user-friendliness, usefulness, and perhaps how many friends the author has on the forum (not saying that is the case, I just don't know). I suppose I could find out, but for that, see the start of this point.
- it is not double work per se to create more than one source of information. How many reviews of the N900 did you read before buying?
- this thread really was the first time I heard about this Karma page. And I've read a lot of posts on this forum before this one

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

Haha..
Karma. I just noticed this.

ok lets see
http://wiki.maemo.org/Karma
Has some technical info...jadajadjadjajda.

http://maemo.org/packages/repository...xtras-testing/
There i can see karma and when i look someones profile from community side of this webpage (not here) I can see karma
e.g http://maemo.org/profile/view/qgil/
http://maemo.org/profile/list/

NOW. I do not find link to list packages by karma. Actually OH shittery my head already hurts. What means that packages has karma? I suppose that karma what package has has nothing to do with developers own karma? When i go to download section there is no karma. And here is no karma: http://maemo.org/packages/repository...ng_free_armel/ even thought when i click package it shows karma.

Here is something about application karma (found with google)
http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Karma_for_applications

Sorry again but this is half done right :| Where is same kind of listing what i see in my n900's app manager (with little description) and with possibility to sort it by different columns.

What I just did by searching is many many times over what average user would do.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

I understand that this thread might be helpful for end users who just want to use some apps and be sure they will not harm their device... in a short run. However, this is not helping devs and, in the long rung, this means less quality apps. Let me give you an example:

One user reported that Currency Converted crashes. Now the status is this on this thread:

I tired to contact this user for further info, because if this is really the case, I would like to fix it as soon as possible. However, I haven't got any reply. There is no bug report, no further info about it. Instead there is this warning in the first post of this thread, which no doubt will only scare away potential testers. This will further hamper the effort to find out whether this is really the case and, if it is, how to fix it.

The intentions are good, but the results are not that optimal. :)

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

software needs karma in order to get to extras. 10 karma is needed. No, software doesn't get better karma by the author, the karma increases only from thumb up -votes.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

and unreliable. as I said second ago: package needs 10 karma. one karma per one vote from people testing it. (should people who post raports here do the testing procedure too? it would bring the apps faster to extras). If package has for example 7 karma, one should find it 7 times more useful than one "review" here. because it means that 7 people think that the software is good. and those are probably valuated all the criteria so for example optification isn't a problem unlike could happend with these posts.....
bad metaphor, end of discussion.

yes, but that's why you should visit wiki too.

front page:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Main_Page

note the first title below power users. could it be "Help testing software"?

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

AppWatch is in extras-devel, which automatically means an as-is disclaimer :) When I feel it's ready/complete for end-users it will be promoted to testing.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

I am perfectly aware that it is not (yet?) very reliable. It is clear from the first page. As I said, it's quicker and friendlier.

Brilliant debating!

I don't want to 'help testing software' (in this case at least), I want to know which software I want to install.
I did visit the wiki, but still didn't come across it.

Re: The Mega Thread Of Almost-Certified N900 Apps that Work (or not) !!
 

I wouldn't say VGBA works perfectly. It is stable but the framerate and sound emulation make it an unenjoyable experience.
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