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timetourist 2009-05-06 19:01

light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Hi there,

is there a lightweight version of maemo.org like http://m.maemo.org/ ? For sure MicroB displays the full version, too. But I prefer to visit the lighter mobile/PDA versions of website with my N810. Loading pages is just faster - in particular, when the connection is slow.

cheers.

Reggie 2009-05-06 19:04

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
With regards to Talk, there is one being made. See: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=28631

As for other parts of maemo.org, most of the sections that usually change have RSS feeds.

sjgadsby 2009-05-06 19:09

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by timetourist (Post 284963)
is there a lightweight version of maemo.org...

No. One of the goals of the redesign was to make the standard site work well on the tablets. There was some discussion of making an alternate, "mobile" version of the site for the tablets, but it was decided that maemo.org should show by example that web sites need not have special, alternate versions to work with on-tablet browsers.

For talk.maemo.org though, you will soon have the Minimalist theme available to you.

penguinbait 2009-05-06 19:13

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by timetourist (Post 284963)
Hi there,

is there a lightweight version of maemo.org like http://m.maemo.org/ ? For sure MicroB displays the full version, too. But I prefer to visit the lighter mobile/PDA versions of website with my N810. Loading pages is just faster - in particular, when the connection is slow.

cheers.

If you scroll all the way to the bottom, you can select from the "talk.maemo.org" drop down box, and select the minimalistic theme, which is very light, but not completely full featured.

Nelson L. Squeeko 2009-05-06 19:48

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Quote:

One of the goals of the redesign was to make the standard site work well on the tablets
One of the reasons why I prefer the Minimalistic version of the site on the tablet was because the Search function was buggy. It still is. With the drop-down box feature that is used, when you click on the text box, the search box disappears, making searches unavailable.

GeneralAntilles 2009-05-06 19:52

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Nelson L. Squeeko (Post 284976)
One of the reasons why I prefer the Minimalistic version of the site on the tablet was because the Search function was buggy. It still is. With the drop-down box feature that is used, when you click on the text box, the search box disappears, making searches unavailable.

The big giant white box up next to the login form doesn't work?

sjgadsby 2009-05-06 19:53

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Nelson L. Squeeko (Post 284976)
With the drop-down box feature that is used, when you click on the text box, the search box disappears, making searches unavailable.

You're writing of the old InternetTabletTalk theme, not maemo.org or even the new talk.maemo.org theme. The original poster asked about maemo.org.

fpp 2009-05-06 20:00

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 284967)
No. One of the goals of the redesign was to make the standard site work well on the tablets. There was some discussion of making an alternate, "mobile" version of the site for the tablets, but it was decided that maemo.org should show by example that web sites need not have special, alternate versions to work with on-tablet browsers.

That's a noble goal to be sure, and also a refreshing approach. The result isn't quite bulletproof yet, however : on many tablets (including mine) the right sidebar end up by itself at the top of the page, causing a great deal of scrolling down before getting at any content, and reducing usability accordingly.

That would include ItT/Talk nowadays, if it weren't for Minimalist.

GeneralAntilles 2009-05-06 20:06

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by fpp (Post 284980)
That's a noble goal to be sure, and also a refreshing approach. The result isn't quite bulletproof yet, however : on many tablets (including mine) the right sidebar end up by itself at the top of the page, causing a great deal of scrolling down before getting at any content, and reducing usability accordingly.

Don't set a minimum font size. ;)

Took an awful long time to see a bug filed on that one (which is just a heads up, if you want things fixed, you need to file a bug).

BrentDC 2009-05-06 20:19

Re: light weight maemo.org version for viewing in MicroB
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 284978)
You're writing of the old InternetTabletTalk theme, not maemo.org or even the new talk.maemo.org theme. The original poster asked about maemo.org.

NLS's comment is still applicable to talk.maemo.org; try using the Search Dropdown.

That said, the search bar at the top-right of the page seems to replace this functionality. The only reason to use the search dropdown now would be to access advanced search functionality, which works fine (and always has).


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