I would like to echo that I love how the new OS2008 looks and works. Great job On Dec 28, 2007 12:51 PM, Jon Dodson <jbdodson at gmail.com> wrote: > Just wanted to say that I really appreciate the OS2008 upgrade. Ive > heard it said on the listserv and it seems to be true in my case, it really > is like a new device. Things I appreciate: > > * Default Media Player plays mp4 now. > * New theme is super-slick > * Seems the new browser is Mozilla and the rendering is better. Improved > YouTube & flash video, which is very nice. > * New Menu structure is much easier on my fingers > * Minimizing mplayer doesnt make everything double large and impossible to > change the screen bright or system volume. > * Internet Radio included is super cool > > With that I had a few questions. > > * Currently there are a few bars for selecting screen bright and in OS2007 > there were many more. Didn't find a place to bring it back. I can handle > this change, I just don't see the benefit. > * When I use the browser, in general, and this is just a perception that > may or may not be accurate, it just seems slower. > * When I type a URL in the the browser, occasionally it doesnt register > and it just reloads the page I am on. > * When I install fceu I get a dbus dependency error and I can't install > it. Same with OS2007, if I can't play NES roms ill sepku. Ok, maybe not, > but it would be nice. > * Why can't the default media player play DiVX? It advertises it can, but > doesn't seem to be able to. > * Why can't mplayer play mp4? > * Why can't it charge via USB? > > And this is an unrelated soapbox moment, please disregard if it gets in > the way of the previous questions: > > Openess free of patents is an amazing thing. It makes it possible to > implement web functionality in your device with a much lower cost. Paying a > patent for a video tag seems as silly to me as a patent for a checkbox. OGG > might suck compared to mp4(debatable on how teh) but it is patent free and > easy enough to support in unixland. I imagine you switched to minimo to cut > costs for licensing Opera(and other reasons), OGG would provide the same > benefit. Then again you may have already blanket licensed the mp4 patent so > it doesn't apply to you anymore because the initial investment has already > been made. Regardless, its not just about Nokias interest, there is a world > of innovation to continue well beyond the walls of Nokia. > > Im not trying to create a flamewar, I just wanted to toss in a few cents. > > PS Ill keep buying the NXXX because it is an amazing device. Thank you > for making it. > > PPS sorry for my harsh title, sometimes you just need to say it. The > device is damn cool and looks great too! > > -- > -jon > > http://www.jdodson.org > http://youtube.com/jbdodson > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20071228/b7ac0496/attachment.htm
