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Forum: Nokia N810 2009-03-30, 18:20
Replies: 337
Views: 61,553
Posted By namtastic
Re: N810 is totally useless.

If you don't care about the fan club, then why be antagonistic with them on their own forum. Re-read your post and don't tell me there wasn't a nicer way of asking if there's any way to get more...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-19, 16:10
Replies: 58
Views: 11,633
Posted By namtastic
Re: Firefox Mobile BETA 1

Honestly, if this touch UI can't stand up to someone who has previously used/touched/seen an iPhone, then we have bigger problems than just "should we just have written 'swipe left for tabs' under...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-19, 16:03
Replies: 58
Views: 11,633
Posted By namtastic
Re: Firefox Mobile BETA 1

What I meant was: "Oh, it's too hard to translate these two lines of text into all the languages we want to deploy the application in, so instead of doing that, let's just try to explain it in icons...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-19, 13:49
Replies: 58
Views: 11,633
Posted By namtastic
Re: Firefox Mobile BETA 1

Yes, but there's a BIG difference between identification and instruction. Iconography is about identification.

Again, we're focusing too much on icons- or text-only, and not on whether these icons...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-18, 18:12
Replies: 58
Views: 11,633
Posted By namtastic
Re: Firefox Mobile BETA 1

Yes, those icons are atrocious and assume the user knows way too much about the app before they use it. Whatever happened to *text*? Swipe right for tabs, swipe left for controls. Done.

I still...
Forum: General 2009-02-21, 17:21
Replies: 20
Views: 15,136
Posted By namtastic
Re: How To: Send and Recieve Texts from N810

Yep. US only for now. Mentioned here:

https://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/labs

(look for "Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat")

Feedback forums for Gtalk SMS is here:
...
Forum: Multimedia 2009-02-11, 02:36
Replies: 4
Views: 2,421
Posted By namtastic
Re: Adding Video Feeds

Beta 11 of Canola reportedly supports videocasts now.
Forum: Nokia N810 2009-01-26, 23:21
Replies: 5
Views: 1,387
Posted By namtastic
Re: can't download map on the map application.

It's because it's too large for most connections, I'm not sure why.

Don't even bother trying to download it using the tablet -- you can download it direct from Navicore using your desktop, and...
Forum: General 2009-01-12, 03:51
Replies: 90
Views: 21,752
Posted By namtastic
Re: The cohesive community: from talking to doing

Pretty much the point I was trying to make in the previous thread, too.

Nokia is finally getting the closed-source parts opened, but there's been a lot of frustration building up behind wanting...
Forum: General 2009-01-10, 05:36
Replies: 679
Views: 173,105
Posted By namtastic
Re: Where is Nokia - no announcement no product - still in hibernation

Just examples. My point was have these OS releases really been "oh wow" updates? Did they really get you talking to non-owners about the device again? Or excited about using your tablet in a new way?...
Forum: General 2009-01-09, 19:09
Replies: 679
Views: 173,105
Posted By namtastic
Re: Where is Nokia - no announcement no product - still in hibernation

Not me... I'm more annoyed that there haven't been bigger and more substantial improvements in the OS updates. Just look at webkit-eal. Awesome, and yet it should have come from Nokia, IMHO. An OS...
Forum: Nokia N810 2009-01-04, 01:29
Replies: 86
Views: 19,128
Posted By namtastic
Re: Viewing websites is painful

More specifically, mYTube actually strips out the .flv file that the Flash application (that is the video player) uses, and passes it to MPlayer.

FLV is only video, and is H.263 data which MPlayer...
Forum: Applications 2008-12-25, 15:41
Replies: 16
Views: 4,245
Posted By namtastic
Re: Fennec Alpha 2

I like the jump they made between a1 and a2 but I still think it's too gimmicky, and its best gimmicks -- zooming, swiping, etc -- still have issues. It'll be great to have for those pages that...
Forum: Community 2008-12-02, 16:01
Replies: 96
Views: 36,617
Posted By namtastic
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2008-01-18, 17:40
Replies: 10
Views: 3,298
Posted By namtastic
Re: NYT Crossword Java applet?

Do they have a Flash version of the player for crossword subscribers now?

When my wife needed a new laptop, I almost bought her an N800 since she used it most frequently for Times crosswords, but...
Forum: Newbie 2008-01-18, 17:29
Replies: 3
Views: 1,448
Posted By namtastic
Re: Albums in Media Player are shuffled

This is a long-standing bug, still present in OS2008. You can vote for it here:

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1045

The problem seems to be around the Position In Set field (a.k.a. the...
Forum: Nokia N800 2008-01-09, 22:00
Replies: 4
Views: 5,217
Posted By namtastic
Re: How to remove a line in about:config?

Or...


cd .mozilla/microb/
cp prefs.js prefs.js.backup
ln -s ./prefs.js ~/MyDocs/.documents/prefs.js.txt


Now you can use the Notes application to edit your prefs.js file which now...
Forum: General 2008-01-05, 08:15
Replies: 12
Views: 5,038
Posted By namtastic
Re: List of Bricks and Mortar stores that sell the N810

Hmm... the Best Buy in New York (Chelsea) had the N810 when I was in there holiday shopping, although it was in the mobile phone section. I guess it depends on the individual stores.
Forum: Multimedia 2008-01-03, 21:20
Replies: 11
Views: 7,325
Posted By namtastic
Re: Canola2 mp3 - id3 tags

Poke around in ~/.canola/covers/ -- it downloads a few alternates when it does the search so the right one might already be in there.

cover and cover-small are the ones the player loads.
...
Forum: Competitors 2008-01-03, 21:00
Replies: 41
Views: 11,324
Posted By namtastic
Re: spent some time with an ipod Touch this weekend

The iPod totally plays MP3s. I have MP3s purchased from AudioLunchbox, Bleep, eMusic and AmazonMP3, both variable and fixed from 128 to 320kbps, that transfer without any conversion or transcoding...
Forum: Multimedia 2008-01-03, 20:34
Replies: 11
Views: 7,325
Posted By namtastic
Re: Canola2 mp3 - id3 tags

Check this project out for Canola.

https://garage.maemo.org/projects/canola-tuning/
Forum: Newbie 2007-12-29, 17:53
Replies: 3
Views: 2,012
Posted By namtastic
Re: Software Sources for casual users? How do I find the right repository?

Actually, the OP pointed out that he was looking at Gronmeyer's website.

@janozaurus :
The point of repositories is to manage software updates & dependencies -- which is a huge issue when it...
Forum: News 2007-12-25, 17:18
Replies: 29
Views: 13,657
Posted By namtastic
Re: Video Center Now available on OS2008 and its not Beta anymore ;)

Just took a look at it. It's the default repo, but with "chinook" specified. (The default entry leaves the distribution blank.)

I was in the same boat as most, reloading AppManager but not seeing...
Forum: News 2007-11-27, 05:23
Replies: 229
Views: 69,299
Posted By namtastic
Re: Nokia Releses OS2008 Beta for the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet

Um... Accept the EULA and then download the .torrent file, perhaps? :rolleyes:
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