Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

Hi..I know that Harmattan is no longer being developed..but I wanted to share some ideas that I think would improve the overall experience

Here goes:

1. Enable pull-up for quick launch even from the 3 homescreens
2. Option for setting default opening homescreen when waking from sleep
3. Translucent keyboard, or option to set level of opaqueness (specially when browsing)
4. Slide up to pick up call (green) and down to reject call (red). Swipe to get more options
5. Active calls should appear as notifications so that one can swipe straight to the call if waking from sleep during a call
6. Dialler should allow cursor to be placed anywhere in the number (like the n900). Useful for adding zero before the number
7. Swipe manager should be without the annoying delay. Should be like the camera shortcut on the iPhone home screen. Possible solution would be to keep other screens ready in the background
8. Universal search should be integrated with social/notifications homescreen
9. Music app should start when earphones are plugged in
10. Wallpaper should show music progress bar along with music controls
11. Long press volume keys for skipping songs
12. Press contacts to call them, long press to open contact (both for contacts and call app)
13. Along with double tap, Direct swipe to homescreen from sleep screen should be an option, but only when proximity sensor detects that n9 is out of pocket.
14. Open in new window - option for opening new web link in background instead of a pop up
15. Allow wifi hotspot in power save mode
16. Nokia handshake logo on startup!!

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

So you expect someone to implement this or are you going to implement them?

Why not participate in nemo development and help iron out such things so that they don't appear in nemo...

Also a number of things you have stated have workarounds/hacks/mods for them...

Its pretty easy to start a thread and post whatever one thinks is wrong with harmattan but if you are not going to improve it and know Nokia is not interested, I don't get why a thread should be started in the first place...A bit pointless isn't it?

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

@ujwalsoni I'll donate a large amount of money to you if you can implement all those things in the N9.

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

So can we start a poll here and do the necessary donations to ujwalsoni? Maybe he can guide us on the figure he expects then we can pool our resources together for him to satisfy all those above excluding those that already exist via tweaks/hacks/mods/workarounds...

Would $1,000 do sir?


Edit: Oh wait he wants the community to do it for him...

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

Haha.. I don't expect anyone to do them..and I'm an accountant, not a developer, so I can't do them either.
This is a forum and everyone is entitled to add to the pool of ideas..jeeeez..since when did this community become so aggressive!!?

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

I'll add in another $2000 if he does it.

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

LOL..can someone refer me to a software programming course for under $3000 please?

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

Yet another comparison / I wish it was like an iPhone.

To those that want iPhone features FFS GO AND BUY A FKIN iPhone and stop whining about the N9 not having Apple features.

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

dumpystig, shhh, don't say it; its considered "aggressive"...

Re: Nokia N9 - User Interface Ideas/Rant
 

Lol it's like saying I want a BMW to look like a Mercedes.. Hehe