Widget Proposals for Maemo 5
Hi everyone.
I wanted to know if the community had some ideas for widgets that they would like to have on their N900s. Because widgets are generally smaller, you can bang them out quite quick with the right people working on it. We'd like to see all the widgets being created carry a similar style so that they won't look out of place next to the default widgets as well as next to each other. If you've got ideas for widgets or you would like to help with their creation, please let me know by posting below. I'll make a list of widgets and people working on them and we'll work on coordinating our efforts. I'll keep this post updated with the latest info. So... what do you want/need? Widget Requests Cellular data use monitor - Done, testing IP address monitor - Code works, awaiting icon Countdown Timer - Done, testing Gmail Inbox/Nokia Messaging monitor Mobile Banking Post-it notes Show recent photos/sketches/notes/apps CPU Use Memory Use CPU Load Uptime Remember The Milk Battery monitor Screenlets Recent Calls Favorite Events Webcam monitor Stock market Doppler radar image Location-Based GPS alarms/reminders Package/Delivery tracking Tip calculator Recent topics on Maemo.org Dual LED flashlight Local Search Moon Phase Photo frame/slideshow Tide tables Sports Scores Horoscopes Doorbell Web slice POI Zip Codes Repository Monitor Lyrics |
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I submitted a brainstorm proposal for a Mobile Banking Widget.
Here's the brief: I think it would be really useful to have a widget on the desktop which shows an overview of your accounts and their balances, maybe updated once a day or on demand, or something. I figure it would be a simple text output: CHQ1 $160.54 SAV1 $1401.76 RENT $600.00 BILLS $55.02 Most banks and credit unions these days supply a SMS based mobile banking system, where you text say, "bal all" (balance all) to their 5 digit (in north america) sms number. They then return a message like (example from vancity): Balance BAL1: $xx.xx BAL2: $xx.xx BAL3: $xxx.xx Up to 6 in one message. Theoretically you could have the device parse the incoming message and store the data for the widget. A timer could be run to send a "bal all" sms message to the specified number once in a while to retrieve new data. As most people have extremely high text plans (1000+) this shouldnt be an issue. |
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My first project will probably be a postit note widget similar to the one I wrote for android (without all the crappy android widget issues). I am a forgetful guy and need the ability to put little bits of paper virtually all over my screen :)
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recent photo/sketch/note/app
the recent photo is obvious and with a single click you can bring up the photo you took last time, the others work the same they each require collaboration with the app developers themselves - ie conboy could be used to show the notes, liqbase or xournal for the sketching, and something within hildon to store/recall the most recent app. would be nice to perhaps allow more than one, but the idea is there to quickly redo your history. would be even nicer to open up into a graffiti wall type effect showing full history. there are also the usual monitoring apps - cpu/memory/load/uptime - lots of techs like them. how would a live map work? the gmail one would be better suited looking at the inbox itself because then it integrates with multiple services |
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I've heard the Fremantle calendar doesn't currently sync to Google Calendar. Would it be possible to get a widget that shows upcoming Google Calendar Events (similar to the home widget for the N8X0s - I believe it's called mgCal). It may work on Fremantle, but I don't know if the style matches the Fremantle style.
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A few of widgets I'd love to see:
I'm sure I'll think of more soon! :) |
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