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I like the car mode, looks good.

As to the visualizations, I personally think albums and cover art are a completely daft way to organize digital music, which motivates my desire to replace what I see as useless cover art with something useful or at least pretty to look at. However, I also realize that I'm in the vast minority in terms of how I think digital music should be organized, so no hard feelings.

Hi, I've been reading the plentiful useful stuff in this forum since I got my N800. There are so many things I use it for, I just don't remember how it was like to live without one =P

anyway, I use Canola daily in my car. On my way to work and back, and even the little trips to refill petrol. What I use it mainly for is music videos. Why just play music when you can play MTV rite?
Canola is almost perfect for this.

Now that I have almost 50 of these videos on my N800, I realise a wee little problem. I can't play the videos on random, set it on repeat, create playlists etc. basically all the features a music player has. It only plays in alphabetical order.

If I may suggest, for the Car Edition, the video player would be absolutely super with the following features:

1) random mode
2) repeat mode
3) playlists
4) star rating for your favourites!

Not sure if anyone else have tried playing music videos in their cars... if you haven't, try it! I guarantee it adds a little bit more wow factor to your nokia.

Marcelo

Wow, I feel like Homer Simpson in a do-nut factory! That version of canola looks the business

Have you looked the possibility of plugging in maemo mapper, or wayfinder at all. Have you looked at things like dashpc also?

As for albumart, in the car I usually have canola in the background, with maemo mapper doing the gps mapping stuff on screen, so visuals are a bit redundantl hence my idea for a ticker-tape / toolbar type mode. Having Maemo mapper or similar embedded in the screeen would be a very very useful visualisation.

Hi, the maps is actually something like maemo mapper, but we needed to create a " GUI " component for maps, and maemo mapper, while it works great is a big C file =) we don;t want to mess with that

So that is the point : this what I showed is a " normal " canola with a maps plugins, that works with any maps (like maemo mappers) does navigation and routing etc, but is not released because we cannot release it now.

But our plans is not to use it as it is.. but to create a simpler 4-way interface where you get :

1) media ( browser your media with even more easy then today)
2) navigation (flickr your finger to the side.. it goes out of media.. goes to navigation )
3) Carman ( flick to th other side you get the gauges, getting information from the OBD2)
and maybe
4) flick down you get communications, where you can make calls using your mobile phone contacts and things (using bluetooth connectivity)

=)

Well you would be happy to know that almost everything you said, will be implemented.
Arthur is looking at the random mode issue, the repeat mode you can use the menu already (but we will improve it) and playlist we are planning to do it " across" all things, so doesn;t matter if video or music.. you will be able to create on the go playlists (and save them) in videos also (but not mixing videos and audio night

So in a way we are quite "aligned" with you guys list, so now is time to work hard and implement the most we can!

So question ( I have also ben using without problems but... I don make canola for me)... are the buttons (play next previous) ok for you?
Would you prefer to have it on the bottom bigger ?



Br

Marcelo

Hey Marcelo

should have known the changes are already on the way. i can't wait for the next canola update.

as for the buttons, they don't seem too small at all. never had a problem touching the right one.

Marcelo - the maps post deserved a thanks

Can't wait to see where you guys take us next!

Car mode seems like a great idea. And the idea for being able to get into Car/Normal mode via a home page applet/panel would be a good idea too. Both look really good.

ARJ : we actually are playing with the concept of, if you have OBD2, it changes automatically to car mode once in the car very slick, without needing to even restart canola!

but the home apple is for sure to come!

Br

Marcelo

i know you said the maps will be something like maemo mapper , but will you be able to include a way to use the default navicore program as i have a subscripton to it???