On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 12:16 +0100, Hamalainen Kimmo (Nokia-D/Helsinki) wrote: > On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 20:20 +0100, ext Andrea Grandi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 2010/1/7 Kevin T. Neely <ktneely@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > This might be naive, but since the N900 runs a fully capable mozilla browser > > > (i.e. fennec) why does it need a suite of Google applications? > > > > > > Now, if it had the enhanced Google Maps app with voice navigation, that > > > would be something. > > > > onestly... we talk a lot about usability and do you want to compare > > accessing Gmail from MicroB or accessing it from a native client? > > Have you tried using Google Maps from N900 browser?! It's more usable > > from Google Maps for Nokia N73 than from N900 browser.... > > Yeah, the panning is used to pan the Web page, so there is no way to pan > these Web applications. I guess one could hack the browser UI to have a > special mode for that. Actually there is already, the "Hover Mode": http://maemo.nokia.com/features/maemo-browser/gestures/ With that, you can pan in Google Maps also. -Kimmo > > -Kimmo > > > > > No micro-browser is enough for Google applications, neither N900 one > > nor iPhone nor Android one.... there's need for a native application > > to access certain services. > > > > Regards, > > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
