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#421
According to what was already known but reemphasized in latest article on Jollausers about (1) status bar and (2) 9 covers max, I really hope three things will come up from the community:

1. A Glance-like feature, i.e., LPM-ish screen for LCD (probably only part of the screen lit, and probably at very low intensity to save battery). JollaHQ confirmed that LPM-ish is possible on LCD screens, but I'd say they won't do it themselves. With a kind-of-LPS, it would be easy to keep track on clock, battery and missed events without having to touch the device. That won't replace a status bar, but it can be really helpful when driving/biking/running/being in a meeting (I hate having to touch my device to check such info when in a meeting, everybody would think I'm checking social accounts or that I need to check clock because the meeting is boring; without touch needed, you just look at the phone on the table).
# Might not be doable or relevant energy-wise if whole screen has to be lit, which is basically the case with LCD; don't know if a workaround could be imagined. Using proximity sensor to disable the display could save a significant amount of power though.

2. A way to rearrange/reorder running apps when in the "close list" view. This list already appears after a long-press on the multitask screen by default and show apps running, not only the 9 covers if I understand correctly. However, this screen doesn't allow rearranging those apps yet. Allowing rearrange/reorder would allow seeing all running apps at the same place (not just 9 on a view and the rest on another view) and deciding which ones are going to be displayed when back on the multitask view, even if some came to foreground because they were used/updated more recently. Some apps will have covers less interactive/useful than others too, so a way to lock the 9 covers displayed would be cool. And a way to directly maximize an app from the "close list". That way it would act as an Alt+Tab with less info than covers, but exhaustive, and default Sailfish behavior would be kept because you'd have to longpress to show that list. Horizontal swipes on the multitask view (9 apps/9 apps/9 apps/and so on/and you Jolla explodes at this point) would be perfect to be honest, but it seems more difficult to do and may conflict with other Sailfish gestures. Prev/Next buttons or scrollbars are alternatives too. I just add the "close list"-rearranging idea because a sailor said this could be imagined for a future update (could, no promises), so I guess it's technically doable.

3. A way to force new instance of an app. The 9-cover-system constrains apps to a single instance, except those that, in their pulley menu, have an option "new instance" like the Terminal probably. However, multiple instances of SMS or videos or file manager or emails (emails can be very useful in two instances actually) can be VERY useful. Could we imagine a special gesture to do on an app icon to force it starting up in a new instance instead of restoring the session that was already running? Could we take advantage of multipoint, like with a finger touching a corner of the screen while the other taps the icon?

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#422
Originally Posted by Lumiaman View Post
Wow...you do bring up some dinosaur phones....E61i.....
E61 is still better than poor Lumias. Multitasking, easily changeable ringtones (no pc needed), working bt etc.
 

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#423
Originally Posted by Metsämies View Post
E61 is still better than poor Lumias. Multitasking, easily changeable ringtones (no pc needed), working bt etc.
Please don't feed his off-topic nonsense*, just report him...
The last guy that responded to him, kindly deleted his post instead of feeding him.

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#424
Originally Posted by Kabouik View Post

1. A Glance-like feature, i.e., LPM-ish screen for LCD (probably only part of the screen lit, and probably at very low intensity to save battery). JollaHQ confirmed that LPM-ish is possible on LCD screens, but I'd say they won't do it themselves.
This is one of the things that most depresses me about the move away from AMOLED; LPM is something I use and rely on daily. That being said, for at least while a phone is docked/charging, on Android DashClock accomplishes this fairly well after configuring some reasonable notification extensions. Hopefully something of the sort would be doable. Certainly with a community full of people who have grown used to what LPM on the N9 can do, there will be interest!

On the other hand, I guess we'll have to wait for custom Other Halves with wireless charging before the "set it down on the desk, it's charging and automatically goes into an LCD equivalent of LPM" becomes smooth.
 

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#425
Apparently Sailfish does not support contact or other data migration from old phones (except through some cloud based services): https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/403456505149542400

So I would like to see an application for dealing with imported .vcf files etc. so that I could transfer my contacts from N9. And something to deal with imported SMS messages etc.
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#426
I would like simple audio messages to be part of messaging. As far as I can tell the N9 doesn't have a way to do that natively like symbian phones from Nokia did.
 
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#427
I would like an app that change and replace swipes. Like if I swipe from left to right I get my favorite stock quotes updated, or my soccer result or an image of my girlfriend or what ever app I preselect.
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Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post
I would like an app that change and replace swipes. Like if I swipe from left to right I get my favorite stock quotes updated, or my soccer result or an image of my girlfriend or what ever app I preselect.
I know the word "app" is extremely popular nowadays, but this gotta be core functionality. And I double that wish, would be nice feature.
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#430
I don't know if this was mentioned before but having separate user accounts so you can have a "guest mode" when lending out your phone or letting your child use it to play games would be nice to have.
 

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