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2010-02-19
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Keep in mind that (unlike Maemo) Meego OS does not include the UI, etc., on top of the OS.
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2010-02-19
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Keep in mind that (unlike Maemo) Meego OS does not include the UI, etc., on top of the OS. So Nokia devices will have differentiation in that way (the way that HTC etc puts their UI on WinMo and Android) and such devices and differentiation may not be discussed on MeeGo.
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2010-02-19
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2010-02-19
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Fyi, I'm testing an add-on that I made that forces a user to register at meego.com first before registering on the vB forum (in sandbox) so usernames would always match. Hopefully this will make it easier for future integration.
It's working well but am open for any better solutions.
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2010-02-19
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2010-02-19
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Actually, it does, it just has a number of options for that slot. The Moblin netbook UI and the Maemo UI are the two that are there at the moment (other manufacturers are apparently welcome to bring their own if it suits them).
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2010-02-19
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Would it be possible to implement single sign-on already at the start? I mean the "future" in future integration should be in about 2-3 weeks, when the 2nd wave hits meego.com.
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2010-02-19
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And the point of distinction against Maemo, MeeGo has reference (in other words, "voluntary") UX and UIs, which are not part of the OS. Has Maemo 5 ever offered the choice of voluntary UX and UI?
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2010-02-19
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That's a slippery argument. It can equally be said that Maemo 5 never prevented you to employ a different UI/UX. While certain components were closed and welded, there is quite a bit that could be replaced. We even had a Diablo clone a while back with different UI/UX (Optima something ?).
Anyway, first about the forum system, Drupal is way too basic for the needs of an extensive community, it would be a PITA to use it even here, and it would exponentially grow to a major PITA on a community that should unite all MeeGo users. No matter how much more I prefer non-proprietary solutions, Drupal just doesn't cut it. Then again, vBulletin also lacks (to my knowledge, never installed it on my servers to look in the back of it) several crucial features - one of them being ability to mark several posts for quotation in response, I prefer to reply to several posts in one post (reduces clutter), and in current t.m.o I actually have to open several tabs using 'Quote & Reply' and then merge all the quotes into a single post. I guess my preferable option would be IPB, tho it also lacks some other things. Maybe a half-breed between vBulletin and IPB if that would be possible
Either way, besides the regular ones, it must have features such as ability to completely ignore complete sub-forums that are of no interest to you (even if it has to be done through group memberships), it must have a good search (good search == everything that better searches the forums than Google themselves), it must have thanks/rating/kudos/whatever system for rewarding productive members of the community (and for couple of other things I'll mention in that other thread about Karma) and ranking threads, and it would be very sweet if it could have multiple quotations (interface wise), tags, attachments and such.
On to the structure, I'm somewhat undecided should t.m.o be transferred there or left here. At one hand, all the current Maemo devices have nothing to do with MeeGo, so it's somewhat natural for Maemo discussion to remain here, but then we might be creating a huge community split - I for one will probably, with time, focus only on one of the forums. Also if we are to transfer all the data from here on meego.com in a possibly separate sub-forum, we'd have to transfer all the members as well, and some might don't want that, and others might not deserve that.
So, I'm for tabula rasa on meego.com, with a possibility to transfer members from here, but only optionally. One of the simplest way to do that is to reserve all the available active users on t.m.o there, but to set expiration date of a week with no login, and post an announcement here. That way only really active users (who wish that) will move there, and after a week anybody could take their nickname or whatever.
I'm perfectly aware that either way it's approached, it will probably mean slow death to t.m.o, but a community is not about a domain or some specific forum - it's about the people.
And in the end, I actually think that the most difficult thing would be to create an useful structure on the new forums as it will no longer be about several devices, nor about Nokia, it will be far broader and it's hard to integrate discussions about some future car multimedia system, a handheld device, a TV and a microwave (why not? ). Maybe it should be something like:
Also, I think that Moblin guys should be included in this discussion, after all, we are merging communities. If they don't want to come here, let us set up a neutral ground somewhere and address both sides of the MeeGo coin.
That would be my somewhat lengthy 2¢...
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Last edited by zwer; 2010-02-19 at 13:52.