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Originally Posted by timsamoff
I tried it and, sorry, it doesn't look "right" to me:
Maybe my personal preference, but I'd rather like to see text fields (file/directory paths) be left-justified instead of centered.
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When it's centered, I find it catches my eye quicker and I don't have to look to the left.
I have no problems making it a miscellaneous option in the preferences, however
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Originally Posted by qwerty12
That's funny. It does look right to me -- much cleaner. Different strokes, eh?
I tried it and, sorry, it doesn't look "right" to me:
When it's centered, I find it catches my eye quicker and I don't have to look to the left.
I have no problems making it a miscellaneous option in the preferences, however
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2009-08-24
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Why don't you put the Add button on the lower right corner? That way you'll save 1 row.
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2009-09-10
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Please open a product in bugs.maemo.org. Apart from the issues pointed out here I think the rest is ready to go, but still I'd like to file a couple of enhancement requests.
It's mainly one: add a banner one first boot warning the user about power consumption and potential data costs. Transmission is ideal for the evenings, while you are sleeping and the device is plugged to the charger connected to a wlan. But if you wake up, leave the app open and go outside for the day... you might find surprises.
Things useful like a daemon running automatically on the evenings and/or when there is wlan available and the device is charging.
It's mainly one: add a banner one first boot warning the user about power consumption and potential data costs. Transmission is ideal for the evenings, while you are sleeping and the device is plugged to the charger connected to a wlan. But if you wake up, leave the app open and go outside for the day... you might find surprises.
Things useful like a daemon running automatically on the evenings and/or when there is wlan available and the device is charging.
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#36
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Originally Posted by timsamoff
Actually, common data-entry design practices are to have the label right-justified and the entry text left-justified, and oriented around an invisible vertical line if possible. This improves coordination and reduces error.
That's funny. It does look right to me -- much cleaner. Different strokes, eh?
Tim
But I agree: center-justifed is not a preferred practice (sorry qwerty).
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Originally Posted by qgil
I wonder if people might think a more generic approach, e.g. a shepherd app could be useful in such cases (I wrote one for myself, but it's quite hacky, GUI-less python so not exactly for end-users). It's basically a glorified CRON that has not just time, but a power and connectivity axis, too. You can define:
It's mainly one: add a banner one first boot warning the user about power consumption and potential data costs. Transmission is ideal for the evenings, while you are sleeping and the device is plugged to the charger connected to a wlan. But if you wake up, leave the app open and go outside for the day... you might find surprises.
- hours allowed
- connection type allowed (I guess you could define exact connections, but I never got that far)
- power requirements (plugged in, or a minimum % of battery)
- user inactivity (also started to implement, but never actually finished)
I used it for a couple of things... Flipclock (turn on if charging), transmission (turn on if charging and on WLAN between 2AM and 8AM) and killing maps if battery gets below 25%. It's very rudimentary - launches the app if it is not already running and the conditions are met, and kills it if they aren't (but only if they were started by the shepherd app). Not sure if Fremantle can do such things on it's own or if there is interest for turning this into a 'real' app...
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2009-09-10
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Originally Posted by attila77
Not sure either about Fremantle's possibilities but they are definitely worth exploring.
Not sure if Fremantle can do such things on it's own or if there is interest for turning this into a 'real' app...
If there is a solid and user friendly application that helps users getting better use times and cheaper invoices while making the device work cleverly 24/7 for them we will definitely promote it.
Worth a separate thread.
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2009-09-10
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Originally Posted by qgil
Opened a thread with the above post, let's see what people have to say about it. I'll make a post to maemo-dev, too, to draw some comments from people in the 'know' wrt Fremantle power stuff.
Not sure either about Fremantle's possibilities but they are definitely worth exploring.
Worth a separate thread.
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2009-09-11
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Originally Posted by qgil
I'll get in touch with Andre when I get home.
Please open a product in bugs.maemo.org.
Originally Posted by qgil
Good suggestion. Would a banner or a dialog be more useful here, I have no problems with either one but I think that a dialog may actually have more people acknowledging it.
It's mainly one: add a banner one first boot warning the user about power consumption and potential data costs. Transmission is ideal for the evenings, while you are sleeping and the device is plugged to the charger connected to a wlan. But if you wake up, leave the app open and go outside for the day... you might find surprises.
Regarding the daemon: It does come with one (in another package) but I don't think the GUI uses it; it has its own, internal way of doing things. I like Attila's idea though.
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