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2008-09-10 , 07:34
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Thanks for so much information.

Originally Posted by 412b View Post
- Bugs:
1. UI/Code: Related to fast actions and switching (screenshots 1, 2)
Yes, there is some race-condition. It doesn't brake the application but it
looks ugly. I'm aware of this but it's not a show-stopper for holding back a release.
One day this will surely be fixed. But I cannot promise that it'll be fixed in 0.96.

Originally Posted by 412b View Post
2. Code: Image gallery thumbnailing. When image type is unrecognized thumbnail generating fails and the rest pictures in the list have no thumbs at all. (log 1). I'm not using Python (but planning to), so from my point of Java view a try-catch issue.
Python is very similar to Java in that regard, and I think you're right. This definitely sounds like a try-catch issue.

Originally Posted by 412b View Post
Not bugs, but IMO some improvement needed:
1. UI: In Browser view:
- Device icon is out of screen (some part of it is under the topbar). Some alignment needed, probably...(Or kinematic scrolling also?). Same in Settings.
- No D-Pad support (I guess yet).
Scrolling is disabled when there are not enough items in the list. Some alignment is needed
instead. Keyboard support is planned.

Originally Posted by 412b View Post
2. Arrow in bottom left corner opens a modules menu, but doesn't close it when tapping it. But sometimes I want to return w/o looking for the modules I'm in right now.
Note taken.

Originally Posted by 412b View Post
Feature requests:
1. UI: "Now playing" feature somewhere in UI (it seems to be mentioned).
Can you explain this a bit more? Do you mean a popup window telling you that a new track starts?

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2. D-Pad Left/Right for Prev/Next.
Good idea.

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3. Still shuffle and repeat (please, please, please... Just 2 little things to make it perfect ).
This is on my TODO list for 0.96.

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4. More settings to configure. E.g. for using MPlayer as backend.
I plan on making a preferences module for choosing between mplayer and osso-media-server depending on the file type. But it's not started yet, so it might not make it into 0.96 yet.

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5. Documentation for making themes... Just a bit... A piece...
This will come with 0.96 as well as documentation for how to make plugins.

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6. I've got an idea of making a home applet to control MediaBox. I guess via D-Bus, so it would be nice to have a documentation about D-Bus messages and MediaBox.
D-Bus control will be handled via a plugin. This will come in 0.96, but right now there's no D-Bus interface available yet in the SVN version.

Originally Posted by 412b View Post
If there is documentation, then I apologize for being inattentive.
No need to apologize. There's no documentation yet.

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7. Probably a kind of localization.
Yes, I'm thinking of some kind of gettext-based localization.

Originally Posted by 412b View Post
I can submit it all to garage page for any purpose and ready to help.
Best wishes.
This would be great. So they don't get lost.
 

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