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2009-11-05
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#12
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Originally Posted by yerga
nice clean look. beautiful icons.
Cool! Thanks for the review Reggie, I'll take note of the suggestions.
Just a comment: Maemo WordPy is being renamed to MaStory (there's a package in Extras-testing with that name yet).
I know it will be confusing at first but I think it's a better name for the future and the coming events.
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2009-11-06
, 04:48
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#13
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Originally Posted by ymb
Just asking, no sarcaism meant - but why would you need tool tips on a handheld, touchscreen, finger-UI-driven device?
* any way to get "tool tips" or text?
To my understanding, there's no mouse-over event being handled by the buttons, unless you are using an alternate input device.
Unless you are looking at the idea of doing a tap-hold on an icon, where that would show a tooltip - similar to the N97 and RIM Storm 1 models - in which case it makes some sense, but then it doesn't in that the icons would need to be designed to be simpler so that you could infer the meaning without text.
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2009-11-06
, 16:29
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Originally Posted by ymb
You're welcome
first off, thanks for creating this (and also the S60 version).
There's a small confusion lately about the S60 version, I have already seen it in some blogs, but the S60 version that I think people mean is Wordmobi, a different application done by Marcelo Barrios.
WordPy/MaStory hasn't a S60 version.
Have you looked at PyQT or PySide for using the QT stuff with your exisiting code base?
Python has the advantage to be a fast language to code, but it's slower running, and the most important isn't officially supported by Nokia.
Qt in C++ will be the official framework in the future, and it has Qt Creator that is awesome.
The change to Qt in the application won't happen before of 2010 end, so I think I have enough time to learn C++.
and now some observations or enhancement requests;
* offfline mode* default when starting up?
MaStory will use the system state, if you're connected it will be able to use network features, but if you aren't it won't be able, you can use offline fetures in any of the states (connected or not).
* store posts, drafts locally and then sync up (this works on the S60 version already?)
* use more "standard" icons on the post edit screen* follow wordpress, media wiki, blogger etc conventions ( "globe with chain" is the insert link icon, bold is strong B etc)
Perhaps I should change all them, and create a better ones (a new challenge for Joshua.maverick
)* any way to get "tool tips" or text?
If something isn't completely clear, it should be improved without to use tooltips.
* remove publish icon. Change it to a menu option, and add a save as draft option as well!
IMHO it makes more sense in the toolbar on editing a post, but if you convince me, I can consider it.
To save as a draft, you need go to "Publish Options" in the advanced screen (with the >> icon in toolbar). There will be a "Status" button to choose between the different options (publish, draft, private, pending).
If you choose draft as status, the publish button will change its appearance.
* allow selection of blog when saving drafts or publishcurrent method only posts to whatever is set as default
Thanks for the feedback!
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2009-11-06
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Originally Posted by Reggie
I'll investigate it. It should be fairly simple to fix.
Some more requests:[*]bug on main page where second post appears twice as the latest post (see first screenshot in review)
some typos on status of posts and comments: publish -> published and approve -> approved
a default image resize width in the settings - dialing down to 500px everytime takes too much time
any way to use standard html tags for text appearance like <i></i> instead of using spans?
add comment date column on Manage Comments screen
request for image watermarking feature -- superimpose a .png image logo on top (lower right or left) of image
a neat addon is a video (youtube, vimeo, ovi, etc) embed option where you just specify the video id
Great work Yerga!
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2009-11-09
, 22:13
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@ Espoo
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Originally Posted by ARJWright
I was not after tool tips specifically (and now you have pointed it out, they don't work with a Finger driven UI), more the basic concept that tool tips represent (an alternative method of getting information about what a specific icon does)
Just asking, no sarcaism meant - but why would you need tool tips on a handheld, touchscreen, finger-UI-driven device?
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2009-11-09
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@ Espoo
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#17
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Originally Posted by ymb
* offfline mode* default when starting up?
Originally Posted by yerga
I might have been getting confused with the WordMobi feature set (appologies if that is the case)
I don't know what you mean with this.
MaStory will use the system state, if you're connected it will be able to use network features, but if you aren't it won't be able, you can use offline fetures in any of the states (connected or not).
The idea is sort of tied to the follow up feature request to cache and sync both posts and drafts.
My thinking for the use case here is when you are traveling and the N900 becomes more of a WiFi tablet again due to roaming data costs, or when you are on a plane and can't go on-line
I guess it would be quite some work to change the "posts list" to be more of a sync, rather than a fetch everytime.
Originally Posted by yerga
Why should be it changed to the menu?
IMHO it makes more sense in the toolbar on editing a post, but if you convince me, I can consider it.
To save as a draft, you need go to "Publish Options" in the advanced screen (with the >> icon in toolbar). There will be a "Status" button to choose between the different options (publish, draft, private, pending).
If you choose draft as status, the publish button will change its appearance.
From my inital experimentation, "Publish" is a bit to much of a drastic action to have as an icon (appologies, but as i have been "fiddling" intermitantly with settings I can't remember how things are as default).
The second reason is that if both "Publish" and "Save as draft" were menu options, it fits more closely with the workflow as experienced via the regular blogging web UI, as I see it (both Blogger & Wordpress have icons around the Edit-Box but save and publish buttons)
This may be a case where some form of tutorial helps, or as you say, getting clearer icons made
Either way, thanks for the tips.
Last edited by ymb; 2009-11-09 at 22:45.
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2009-12-08
, 21:16
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I tried out MaStory as well and thought I'll give you just shortly my feedback/ideas:
1.) I would also like to see an option to upload my blog post as a draft
-> User case: I start writing on my way home, but want to finish my blog post back home on my computer (maybe it needs some more linking, formatting, ...)
2.) Also useful would be if I could edit the insert tags button. I hardly use some of the provided tags and would instead need other tags.
Nice would be something like if you could push on the button longer and a window shows up, where you can edit the opening tag and the closing tag.
3.) Another thing useful would be, if the categories and tags get synced between blog and phone when you open the correspondant menu
4.) Maybe a different error message to tell you if you are not connected -> at the moment there is just a message saying that there was an error. (Maybe it's just me, but it happend already twice, that I wasn't connected)
Of course nice would be, if the publish button changes to a save button, if the phone is not connected, and uploads the post later.
Otherwise, thanks for this great application. I hope you'll continue working on it... Did a great job until now!
1.) I would also like to see an option to upload my blog post as a draft
-> User case: I start writing on my way home, but want to finish my blog post back home on my computer (maybe it needs some more linking, formatting, ...)
2.) Also useful would be if I could edit the insert tags button. I hardly use some of the provided tags and would instead need other tags.
Nice would be something like if you could push on the button longer and a window shows up, where you can edit the opening tag and the closing tag.
3.) Another thing useful would be, if the categories and tags get synced between blog and phone when you open the correspondant menu
4.) Maybe a different error message to tell you if you are not connected -> at the moment there is just a message saying that there was an error. (Maybe it's just me, but it happend already twice, that I wasn't connected)
Of course nice would be, if the publish button changes to a save button, if the phone is not connected, and uploads the post later.
Otherwise, thanks for this great application. I hope you'll continue working on it... Did a great job until now!
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2009-12-25
, 18:26
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Hey, thanks for the hard work, MaStory looks like a pretty sweet app.
just a quick feedback from my end if you dont mind:
i just sent a bug report concerning the image attachment on a BLOGGER account;
i keep getting an "Error Publishing" each time i try to publish a message including an image (local image taken with the device itself)... i tried first with a full res, then a resized version (thru MaStory), then a cropped version... works perfectly without image tho...
another thing, somehow, i cant click-hold select text (like in any other text editing program)... maybe its just me, as i just got my n900 (used to be a n800 user), so i'm still tryin to figure things out, but it seems that i only get that with MaStory...
great app anyway, keep up the good work
peace
nox
just a quick feedback from my end if you dont mind:
i just sent a bug report concerning the image attachment on a BLOGGER account;
i keep getting an "Error Publishing" each time i try to publish a message including an image (local image taken with the device itself)... i tried first with a full res, then a resized version (thru MaStory), then a cropped version... works perfectly without image tho...
another thing, somehow, i cant click-hold select text (like in any other text editing program)... maybe its just me, as i just got my n900 (used to be a n800 user), so i'm still tryin to figure things out, but it seems that i only get that with MaStory...
great app anyway, keep up the good work
peace
nox
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2009-12-26
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Originally Posted by noxizmad
Blogger API does not allow upload/post local images.
Hey, thanks for the hard work, MaStory looks like a pretty sweet app.
just a quick feedback from my end if you dont mind:
i just sent a bug report concerning the image attachment on a BLOGGER account;
i keep getting an "Error Publishing" each time i try to publish a message including an image (local image taken with the device itself)... i tried first with a full res, then a resized version (thru MaStory), then a cropped version... works perfectly without image tho...
So I use a workaround here, MaStory will use Picasa Web Albums to upload the images, and post it in Blogger.
If you have never used Picasa, it will fail. I think it's the problem you are having here. To fix it, just go to http://picasaweb.google.com and log in with your google details, then Picasa will be activated.
After that, try MaStory again.
I know that it is a problem in MaStory documentation (lack of it). Unfortunately it's a very boring topic for me, so I postpone to write the documentation everyday (shame on me, I know). I would receive charmed any help in this topic.
If after activate Picasa or if you have already activated it, and MaStory continues failing, try publish a post with an image and without closing the application, check the Log in the menu and send it to me (dyerga at gmail dot com), or copy it here.
another thing, somehow, i cant click-hold select text (like in any other text editing program)... maybe its just me, as i just got my n900 (used to be a n800 user), so i'm still tryin to figure things out, but it seems that i only get that with MaStory...
In MaStory is important to be able to select text, so it uses a workaround, there is a checkbutton in the menu "Select text", if it is activated, you will be able to select text in the text entries, but you will not be able to scroll kinetically with the fingers (there will be a scrollbar though).
great app anyway, keep up the good work
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N900
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Check out Witter, a twitter client for N900
http://danielwould.wordpress.com/witter
If Witter isn't working for you, eg crashes/doesn't start, gives errors etc etc. Please run it from x-term using:
run-standalone.sh python2.5 /opt/witter/witter.py
This will generate diagnostic output. Without this I cannot help you.