well, programming is not really easy task, especially if developer is not restricted to one platform + nobody gives any care for dev who codes directly for end users.
theres costs: time (reading, thinking, writing, testing, rewriting, fixing, testing...), hardware (doesn't matter what segment you're working with, you must have hardware to test on), software (usually IDE's, SDK's, API's....are not free...even not case with harmattan/meego, but to get knowledge about programming, one had to use commercial tools before)...
it's work just as any other and, indeed, as thedead said, it's enthusiastic to code on such platforms as harmattan if developer is not related to some higher source of incomes...
so, best way to support this enthusiasm is to give good feedback give ideas and such.
at least "thank you"...but that's too hard for some...and that's only reason why devs are not commonly seen in communities...+ why there's no many devs at all...

Since Vesuri hasn't started a thread yet, I think its better to inform people here that In Car Home Screen has been released to the Store already

Direct link for whom search can't find it: http://store.ovi.com/content/311076

Thank you ! Downloaded, installed and tested
I have a one request for this app... Vesuri, please, can you add automatic blanking OFF when this app starts ? Or at least add this to the setting of this app ?

For those who want to change Drive app to Waze, just run this command as ROOT:
If you want to restore to default, run this command as ROOT:


P.S. It will be added to Tweak G in the next version..

I'll put up a new thread for In Car Home Screen so let's not discuss it further here. However, since there are instructions I'd like to correct here, here goes:

It doesn't make much sense to modify the .desktop files of applications since each application should have its own .desktop file and new ones can be created by the user if needed. If the point here is to modify the configuration of In Car Home Screen, either wait for a future version with a configuration UI in it OR just run the following command in the Terminal (as a normal user), assuming that the Waze application's .desktop file is called waze.desktop:

To reset back to Drive, use

Or Gconfik can be used to modify /apps/meegotouchhome-incar/launcher/0/desktop_entry_path to the desired value for those who want a GUI instead while awaiting Vesuri to put it into one of the next versions

Thanks to both of you !

Here is something that I think could be added to HSS
Nebula effect:
http://www.professorcloud.com/mainsi...vas-nebula.htm


Starfield v2:
http://www.chiptune.com/starfield/starfield.html

here the view is set according to left-center-right, it would be awesome for homescreen to show left view on event, center on launcher and right-view for switcher. I think HSS has this already but it just switch back to center-view after the transition.

Any news on what features will be in the next update Vesuri?

Is it possible to have the battery percentage next to the battery icon? I know there are other mods out there that do this but they seem to be a bit buggy, and this app has probably been the most polished I've experienced on the N9.

@Vesuri,
Any plan to merge HSS and Unlock the rotation of most stock applications ?

At least a fix to "custom operator name" with certain languages (Chinese, for example) and fixes to some translations.

No, it isn't. That'd have to be hacked into system-ui.

Thanks . That's mostly because it doesn't touch things that shouldn't be touched. Doing things like "unrestricted system-ui" is certainly possible, but that's about modifying and replacing system components entirely. It allows "anything" to be done but comes with the cost of needing the developers to maintain consistency and quality.

No. It's a modification to libmeegotouch and requires replacing a system component completely, just like "unrestricted system-ui".