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[Announce] Lanterne - an all-purpose flashlight app
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Estel
2013-05-28 , 22:49
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Few small feature requests (and one a little bigger), if you don't mind:
1. I noticed, that Morse code interpreter uses torch mode, not "flash" one. I understand, that this allow controlling dot length in wider ranges (outside maximum ON time for flash), but OTOH, is sending something in morse via flashlight, one would, probably, like to get brightest output possible.
Ideal idea would be to insert a torch/flash toggle in morse section, that would also affects possible limits
but if it's too much hassle, hardcoding it to flash (and limiting possible dot length) sounds OK, too.
2. I mentioned it before, but just in case it got missed - a button to activate stroboscopic light without need to push button continuously, please!
3. I've noticed, that it's the only existing program that talks with LEDs "properly" - i.e. don't collide with other programs, and/or allow to enable LEDs even, if slider is closed. I don't know if the latter was intended, but it is very cool feature! Now, finally, I can slide cover "just a little", without triggering camera-ui or quicklaunch&co, and enable torch! (easier to do with modified mugen covers, that open camera cover vertically, than with vanilla backcover, probably)
So, here comes a little request - a "module" or spinoff (although, the former sounds more sane) of Lanterne, that would allow enabling and disabling torch without starting Lanterne GUI. Best scenario would be a config option in Lanterne GUI itself (or just some text config file, somewhere), that would enable/disable presence of that status menu entry.
I know this feature request get quite big, but if there would be also a possibility to fine-tune parameters of that ON/OFF status menu button (i.e. it would use settings per-defined by users in Lanterne itself, for example, allow to use strobo with set parameters, instead of torch), it would become a flashlight heaven, a absolute no-brainer to completely replace other existing flashlight programs out here
4. From different "department" and also mentioned earlier, so just to sum it in one post - request for more input options in morse interpreter, like taking input from file etc.
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No matter what, thanks a lot for this program! You've achieved something considered to be impossible - actually improved usage of oldest (one of) (ab)used N900's hardware parts. Who would expect, that after so many years (flashlight apps were amongst first written), we will get whole bunch of new things to do with those two little LED's, and that even regular "torch" can be MUCH improved?
/Estel
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