http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com for the Nokia 770 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:20:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en after having looked at the maemo 2.0 beta, and viewing the video several times, I have to admit the video performance is very good (for at least the discovery video included on the firmware), and much better than the 2005 firmware. It runs at 352x208, and appears to have a very ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/06/16/2006-beta-video-player/ Use Cases Continued / User Characterization The next step we will look at is user charactization. A few examples of these are: Student - This user will likely have a cell phone, possibly a laptop, and have to haul everything with them on foot (net weight is critical). The 770 would fit ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/06/06/top-down-software-developmentpart-2/ disclaimer - I will preface this by saying that none of the content is purposeful flamebait. These are primarily observations, and generalizations. Like any generalizations, there are always specific counter examples. However, from a statistical perspective, these generalizations apply to most open source projects. This is unlike most of my previous ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/06/06/top-down-software-developmentpart-1/ I know it is too late for a wishlist, but the 770 really needs the following (IMO): Lightweight browser - This is supposed to be an internet tablet. The heaviest builtin application is the browser and it is the only one that has given me 'memory low' complaints. Oh Mimimo, where ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/06/05/maemo-2x-wishlist/ Based on my earlier post about hosting a Google maptile basemap, it is clear to me that i should really avoid posting anything that may be licensed, no matter how good my intentions. But many expressed interest in the scripts. I won't post the scripts but will have a discussion on ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/06/02/hypothetical-maemomapper-basemap-scripts/ I have been playing with the maemo mapper application (without a GPS) and have found it to be useful. Google maps has done a really impressive job of providing a 2^16 level of detail for at least a few parts of the globe. I am really looking forward to the ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/05/31/maemo-mapper-basemaps-should-i-provide-host-them/ I have repackaged the debian arm thttpd webserver for the 770. At this point it is completely functional, but the package lacks some of the niceties that I expect of finished packages. Such as a script to clean up orphan logs and pid files, or a script to create a ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/05/12/thttpd-webserver-for-maemo/ Following up on a post last week, I took the 4 standard themes and modified the default font to 14pts (instead of 16.75) and packaged them. When installed, they are at /var/lib/install/usr/share/themes. Since the maemo theme manager only looks at /usr/share/themes for themes, I had to write a setup script located ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/04/28/theme-package-14pt-fonts/ First - A metapackage is a aggregated package that contains the contents of several other packages. Metapackages are useful if you find yourself re-installing the same packages, in the same manner often. One that screams out to be packaged for me is a osso-xterm metapackage. The quandary with all metapackages ... http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/04/27/metapackage-osso-xterm/ well i found a few bugs in the script, and have updated it. there are more changes to come. For now, i would ask that users refrain from using the fixup script until i have a clean version. uber-gEEk http://maemotalk.feelslikeburning.com/2006/04/26/fixups-part-11/