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2007-11-11 , 03:01
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Originally Posted by pipeline View Post
Nokia should have different resolutions like 3/4 (um 600x360) for use as an accessory and full dpi resolution for power use... and i think different window system for each. That might mean konqueror for full dpi and simple hildon for 3/4 mode.
Ugh . . . non-native resolution and fragmenting the interface at least doubling development work. Yeah, this post is rife with bad ideas.

What really needs to happen is the UI rules for Hildon need to be hammered down in a way that's as useful as possible for a device of this form factor and these rules need to be followed.

Originally Posted by wls View Post
You could go on and on but you would be less and less convincing.
It's closer to the truth to say that the number of usefull apps available from Maemo can be counted on your fingers and possibly using only one hand.
Are we talking about apps from maemo or for maemo? Either way, this is a pretty weak argument. There aren't many apps available from their respective first-parties for any of the devices mentioned, and there's [i]no]/i] 3rd party development for the iPhone/iPod and the Asus only has so much because it's basically a full desktop Linux. Anyway, I call ********, would you like me to name some for you?
  1. maemo mapper
  2. FBReader
  3. Rhapsody
  4. xchat
  5. Canola
  6. mplayer
  7. Skype/Gizmo
  8. VNC (both server and viewer—I did a demo of the device over VNC for a couple of friends that were interested in buying . . . it was very cool stuff)
  9. UKMP
  10. Kagu
  11. CarMan
  12. Quake I/II
  13. Doom
  14. ScummVM
  15. Tux Paint
  16. Bomberman

These could hardly be considered "hobby" projects, and certainly wont fit on one hand (let alone two), and I'm not even going into all the awesome hackish and console stuff.

Really, the maemo platform is still in its infancy. Nokia has defined a whole new device category, and it takes time to get the ball rolling on the software side. Have they made some mistakes? Yes. Could things have been handled better? Sure (though certainly not by you or me ). The N810 is really the first general-public–targeted device in this category, and development will start picking up speed as the platform gains more popularity (especially as we're now much more compatible with Gtk upstream, which greatly lowers the barrier to porting GUI stuff). Just give it time. Needless negativity doesn't get anybody anywhere.