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I like the new version. No problems, and the integration is good, no more random crashes due to "lock screen." There is no "loading" box when I use it, so...

Anyway, why is the .deb not on the garage page. Even though I like liqbase.net (Nokia, why is a small website faster than the garage!!), it should be on the garage right?

AWESOME to see this on tablet working alive.
BUT IMO don't forget that this is only high-quality techno-demo.
Although I'm not familiar with it's internals but for me it's the PERFECT utility to build OTHER apps on it.
Consider MaemoMapper and map scrolling in this way, additional mode for FBreader or - the biggest two (esp. for me) PDF viewer and internet browser (image viewer and so on...).
Or faster rendering in (quite fast anyway) Xournal.
This would change the apperance of n8x0's from "oh... little choppy linux based toy" to "fast versatile pocket device".
Ugh... that would be

TheSandLord,

The aim is to get this into garage, however, I am not going to push it until the glitches and errors noticed over the last couple of weeks are sorted.

I personally want to get on with coding the next set of features but also understand I need to take stock and cleanup whats already here first

Once the user experience "feels" clean and the system installs without problem on peoples machine and they get to see what their nokia is capable of and can actually *use* the software (as I have been doing for months) then I will get it in extras.

Remember, on page 1 I thought this was going to be a closed beta


XTC, its more than just a tech demo for me, its a framework to expand my ideas and actually start to get the ideas and principles I've coded for many years without a tablet.

If any of it can be used to build more apps I would be over the moon

TJ, I hope we can continue building more things, the "loading" box is a part of osso and will have to stay, I agree it slows things down a tiny bit, but thats a minor price to pay for the improved stability.

lcuk,

could you write some words about what you plan to include to make it "round"?

(I personally would like to have the export to (svg or whatever) image format most...)

asys3

asys3,

What do you mean by round?
If you mean the whole experience, I bought the most powerful handheld computer I could find which also gave me the chance to get to the metal.

I was disheartened initially because my initial experience was not satisfactory (graphically wise only, but thats my thing - the community and apps available all helped to balance it out) and resolved to see whatI could do.

I have waited so long to get something like this and have tried numerous paths to getting it over the last few years (writing sketch and graffiti in .net compact was "painful").

I have hundreds of these little UI experiments which I have thought over the years would make useful interfaces and only now am I starting to prove my hypothosis

Coming to linux as a longtime watcher and getting involved has been amazing, my mind has come alive this year.

Before getting involved in PCs and visual basic (don't laugh!) I did a lot of coding in C on my amiga and the experience of coming back into it all and picking up all my bad habits has been like a long overdue homecoming

As for svg, you aren't the only one
have a look here like most things, I as one person cannot do everything but start to put ideas together for how things could be:

http://liqbase.net/liqriver.php

lcuk,

I'm sorry.
I think my bad English was misunderstood.

I didn't mean: "what do you plan to make liqbase round?" in the sense of it is not ready to use.
I meant: "what do you think should be included to go to garage for example?"
I only wanted to know sth. about your plans for liqbase in the near future.

Sorry for the misleading words.

Regards,
asys3

I'm not going to add any new real features just yet, so as I said I am concentrating on making whats here work.
It will then go into extras.

I know theres a problem with loading sketches saved at one resolution into the editor using a different resolution and think this must be cured before I can push it properly.

I have centralized all the styles now and am pondering how to switch them on without making a mess, you should be able to draw your own UI elements and share them with others.
However everytime I think about this I envisage a tree of the UI structure and want to get on with the UI designer I long for - its annoying personally to draw a UI and then have to take my drawing and convert it manually into a working screen.

Then there is the image saving problem, I still haven't sat down and wrote PNG export but when I do I've got a bunch of tiny screens planned to make full use of it, things like postcards and contact introduction screen and even things like user login/selection dialogs and stuff.

Once the simple blocks are in I can start motoring.

Lcuk have you really thanked me on your webpage?
I have very bad news: I completely lost touchscreen funcionality trying the "test area"
Cpu load was displayed as 100%, but tablet was fully operable via hardware keys...
I wasn't able to terminate liqbase, so I had to shut down the NIT.
Once I turned it on again liqbase stopped working: I uninstalled, removed the liqbase directory, rebooted, reinstalled 0.0.8, but had no luck, it simply doesn't work anymore...
Luckily I still have the 0.0.6 build, maybe that one will fix my problem

Justnick,

what doesnt work, the whole NIT, liqbase or just the test page?

If its just the testpage I've got an idea, if its liqbase it could be the hildonization changes, if its the NIT then I'm shocked.

All previous .debs are still on the web, just alter the version number in the url (7 never made it up though).

I've experienced exactly same thing.
I've had ITT page loaded and started liqbase.
When I started drawing - a part of line showed itself and bum - everything stalled - 'save' button didn't show neither. No touch screen.

BTW. This software (youtube preview) was being mentioned in relation to OMAP'S hardware rendering acceleration.
Does THIS have anything to do with it? Or is it "just" high quality optimized piece of software?