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2011-12-18
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Originally Posted by marxian
Maybe it doesn't require root access at all, if the N9 follows the freedesktop.org standard well enough.
You can't hide the shortcuts from within MeeFolders yet. I will add that feature later.The problem is that it requires root access.
Look at the menu editor for GNOME. It can hide system wide icons for particular users. Maybe it works the same on the N9.
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2011-12-18
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Hello, I'm coming from the iOS community but I'm happily about to learn about maemo/meego.
MeeFolder looks really good! I started to work on something like that - with moving .desktop files to folders in MyDocs while deleting them out of use/share/applications. This way they disappear from the main icon grid and I can make them show up in my app. But being new to QL and the hole maemo/meego harmattan thing, I'm having my problems to make it work as an application and also a hard time with root/aegis and so on...
Also lack of time makes it impossible to work on such a project right now. So I'm happy to see MeeFolder, although it doesn't unlisted apps (yet?) from the main-grid. MeeFolder could really become a "killer-app" Most people are looking for something like that.
I also was working on the appearance of the project like folder icons.
@Marxian: Let me know if you could use them. I made them in Photoshop and Illustrator after the rules of Nokia Icon illustrations and they can be modified in any way (form, colors etc). Every folder could also have it's own folder-icon (games, docs, etc). My example just uses the general 4-square-application icon (as found in settings/applications). So this way media apps could be stored in a purple/pink Media folder, Navigation apps in a green Nav-Folder etc… Hope you understand my logic behind
Here's an example:
Let me know if interested
Last edited by almamo; 2011-12-18 at 11:50.
MeeFolder looks really good! I started to work on something like that - with moving .desktop files to folders in MyDocs while deleting them out of use/share/applications. This way they disappear from the main icon grid and I can make them show up in my app. But being new to QL and the hole maemo/meego harmattan thing, I'm having my problems to make it work as an application and also a hard time with root/aegis and so on...
Also lack of time makes it impossible to work on such a project right now. So I'm happy to see MeeFolder, although it doesn't unlisted apps (yet?) from the main-grid. MeeFolder could really become a "killer-app"
Most people are looking for something like that.I also was working on the appearance of the project like folder icons.
@Marxian: Let me know if you could use them. I made them in Photoshop and Illustrator after the rules of Nokia Icon illustrations and they can be modified in any way (form, colors etc). Every folder could also have it's own folder-icon (games, docs, etc). My example just uses the general 4-square-application icon (as found in settings/applications). So this way media apps could be stored in a purple/pink Media folder, Navigation apps in a green Nav-Folder etc… Hope you understand my logic behind
Here's an example:
Let me know if interested
Last edited by almamo; 2011-12-18 at 11:50.
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2011-12-18
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You are always my idol
I like the Web catalogues, and waiting the open music player as you mentioned before
I like the Web catalogues, and waiting the open music player as you mentioned before
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2011-12-18
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Originally Posted by almamo
Those icons look great. I would very much like to use them for the folders.
Hello, I'm coming from the iOS community but I'm happily about to learn about maemo/meego.
MeeFolder looks really good! I started to work on something like that - with moving .desktop files to folders in MyDocs while deleting them out of use/share/applications. This way they disappear from the main icon grid and I can make them show up in my app. But being new to QL and the hole maemo/meego harmattan thing, I'm having my problems to make it work as an application and also a hard time with root/aegis and so on...
Also lack of time makes it impossible to work on such a project right now. So I'm happy to see MeeFolder, although it doesn't unlisted apps (yet?) from the main-grid. MeeFolder could really become a "killer-app"
I also was working on the appearance of the project like folder icons.
@Marxian: Let me know if you could use them. I made them in Photoshop and Illustrator after the rules of Nokia Icon illustrations and they can be modified in any way (form, colors etc). Every folder could also have it's own folder-icon (games, docs, etc). My example just uses the general 4-square-application icon (as found in settings/applications). So this way media apps could be stored in a purple/pink Media folder, Navigation apps in a green Nav-Folder etc… Hope you understand my logic behind
Here's an example:
Let me know if interested
It would be great to have a different folder icon for each folder.
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2011-12-18
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Yeah, those icons look awesome!
Originally Posted by youmeego
http://nokiagadgets.com/2011/12/18/m...ur-n9-or-n950/
i dont own n9 yet, so a youtube demo of this app is appreciated
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2011-12-18
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@ Budapest
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#17
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Does Marxian accept donations for all his hard work?
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2011-12-18
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One immediate suggestion for improvement: if you open a folder, then open an app, the folder sub-app disappears. This is good, and 'correct' behaviour. However if you swipe the sub-app away to get back to the main app screen then it doesn't disappear but remains in the background. Indeed, if you open the sub-app again there will be two of the same sub-apps open in the background! You can potentially open an unlimited number.
Also, if you swipe the sub-app down to close it on purpose, it does close, but you are left in the open-app view instead of back at the main app screen.
The best solution would be for the sub-apps to check whenever they are in the background, and close themselves if so. They basically should never be open and in the background.
There is also a slight delay when opening the sub-app 'folders'. Any way to speed this up?
Also, if you swipe the sub-app down to close it on purpose, it does close, but you are left in the open-app view instead of back at the main app screen.
The best solution would be for the sub-apps to check whenever they are in the background, and close themselves if so. They basically should never be open and in the background.
There is also a slight delay when opening the sub-app 'folders'. Any way to speed this up?
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2011-12-18
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Another few comments (sorry to be monopolising the thread here).
Anybody who wants can easily disable the icons they have put in folders by going into /usr/share/applications and (as root) renaming the corresponding .desktop file (AFTER putting the app in the folder) to something else, e.g. skype.desktop to skype.desktop.off. That won't affect the visibility of the icon in the folder. Of course this requires you to be comfortable with command line, modifying system files, etc, and I am sure Marxian will get around to implementing this automatically quite soon.
Feature request: I would like to modify the names of the Folders, *and* the names of the applications I've moved into folders. Where are the files located that will enable me to do that? I tried adding a new .desktop file in /opt/meefolders/desktop but it was ignored by the Meefolders app. EDIT: I found a workaround. I can change the names of applications by editing the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications BEFORE adding them to the folder, and I can change the names of the folders by editing their .desktop files in /home/user/.local/share/applications AFTER creating that folder.
Last edited by noetus; 2011-12-18 at 16:37.
Anybody who wants can easily disable the icons they have put in folders by going into /usr/share/applications and (as root) renaming the corresponding .desktop file (AFTER putting the app in the folder) to something else, e.g. skype.desktop to skype.desktop.off. That won't affect the visibility of the icon in the folder. Of course this requires you to be comfortable with command line, modifying system files, etc, and I am sure Marxian will get around to implementing this automatically quite soon.
Feature request: I would like to modify the names of the Folders, *and* the names of the applications I've moved into folders. Where are the files located that will enable me to do that? I tried adding a new .desktop file in /opt/meefolders/desktop but it was ignored by the Meefolders app. EDIT: I found a workaround. I can change the names of applications by editing the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications BEFORE adding them to the folder, and I can change the names of the folders by editing their .desktop files in /home/user/.local/share/applications AFTER creating that folder.
Last edited by noetus; 2011-12-18 at 16:37.
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2011-12-18
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Some more updates/comments.
It appears only icons from /usr/share/applications appear within the Meefolders application itself for adding to folders... none of the icons from /home/user/.local/share/applications appear, e.g. web shortcuts added by the user. Can you add these too (except the icons Meefolder itself adds there, of course). EDIT: I found a workaround for this, too. I can copy any .desktop files from /home/user/.local/applications to /usr/share/applications I want (this requires some messing with permissions though), then add this to the folder I want, then delete the newly created .desktop file in /usr/share/applications (doesn't affect what I put in the folder).
Last edited by noetus; 2011-12-18 at 16:49.
It appears only icons from /usr/share/applications appear within the Meefolders application itself for adding to folders... none of the icons from /home/user/.local/share/applications appear, e.g. web shortcuts added by the user. Can you add these too (except the icons Meefolder itself adds there, of course). EDIT: I found a workaround for this, too. I can copy any .desktop files from /home/user/.local/applications to /usr/share/applications I want (this requires some messing with permissions though), then add this to the folder I want, then delete the newly created .desktop file in /usr/share/applications (doesn't affect what I put in the folder).
Last edited by noetus; 2011-12-18 at 16:49.
edit: problem solved
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