IdeasProject N9 Challenge [Archive] - maemo.org

Creamy Goodness

2011-10-18, 02:47

I just found this today.
Basically, Nokia wants feedback on the N9 user interface -- your ideas of how to improve it. You write up your idea and other people can log into the site and vote for their favorites. Every week they look at the 15 most 'liked' ideas from the previous week, and the 3 judges (Nokia employees) decide which one is best and whoever submitted it will get an N9 for their efforts.
The first week is almost over, so I guess don't submit your idea today! They already have 660+ ideas and I can't find an easy way to browse them :(
Even if you don't have any idea of your own, please consider looking at and liking other ones. If Nokia actually pays attention we all win :)

Here is the site:
http://www.ideasproject.com/community/en/n9

adhrie

2011-10-18, 03:01

my idea is, to challenge (again) nokia to release the source code or whatever they stated as closed in Nokia N9...

i think that will lead to even further development than the ideasproject itself

Creamy Goodness

2011-10-18, 03:28

My idea is that they make the ideasproject site easier to navigate... I really don't understand why they set it up like that, and the contest structure does nothing to discourage duplicate ideas. There's a lot of ideas there already that can't win because they are suggesting hardware upgrades and other impossible stuff. Oh well. I just hope we get some more options for customizing the 3 "views" or the lock screen out of this.

ste-phan

2011-10-18, 04:20

my current Idea is that Nokia ought to confirm first that this setup is going to benefit Harmattan development and sip through in future N9 / N10 patches.

Anyone?

Don't like to work for Microsoft for free.

ejasmudar

2011-10-18, 05:15

Yeah I am also participating in it with 3 ideas of my own. The problem is the competition guidelines are quite vague. As far as I understood, they are asking not only for ideas to improve N9 UX but also how to improve smart-phones in the future, and other general ideas. That vagueness may be the reason for all those hardware related ideas.

My 3 submissions are
1. A seamless way to interact with multiple devices/platforms http://goo.gl/Dd5Kn
2. Improvements in caller-UI http://goo.gl/MJ3XB
3. Easier/Faster tab switching in N9 browser: http://goo.gl/xhSQs

I would be really grateful if my TMO brethren would view my ideas and if you like it then PLEASE "vote" for it(Vote means clicking LIKE button, after logging in with FB/Twitter). Also advises/suggestions/critiques are extremely welcome in the form of posts here or comments there.

The winners are selected by judges, but to be judged, we need to be in the top 15 based on votes/views. (that in turn means that if u view without voting too many times, my ratio will go down and I won't be eligible :( ). This is my only chance to get an N9 as it is not being released here in India, so I hope I'm among the winners...

isfr21

2011-10-18, 05:28

Great stuff. Please people, check out my idea and click LIKE http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11642

Thanks!

ejasmudar

2011-10-18, 07:19

Hey isfr29, your idea is ok, but there are many like it. So, adding images and diagrams would help to distinguish it better and bring in more votes.

OVK

2011-10-18, 07:41

Here is an excellent idea (not by me...): http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11376#comment-11231

Category bars for N9 app screen (and contacts to app screen also).

Please vote for it!

ejasmudar

2011-10-18, 08:03

Here is an excellent idea (not by me...): http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11376#comment-11231

Category bars for N9 app screen (and contacts to app screen also).

Please vote for it!

Actually, I read somewhere that Meego-Harmattan PR 1.2 will have folders implemented. Its almost ready, just some final touches remaining.

Pulzar

2011-10-18, 09:08

My idea is to add arrow keys to the virtual keyboard so that text editing would be less irritating. http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12122

Actually, I don't know if this is a problem for the english layout but atleast in the finnish layout arrow keys are missing.

milos621

2011-10-18, 09:35

Great stuff. Please people, check out my idea and click LIKE http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11642

Thanks!

Here is my idea:

Picture in Picture (PiP) on phone screen (desktop)

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11383

I'll vote for yours if you vote for mine :)

F2thaK

2011-10-18, 10:16

make transitions speed configurable
http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12131

remove slide to unlock screens from calls/alarms
http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12132

led light notifications + configurable notifications
http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12135

proper shortcut bar in app view
http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12138

had another great idea but forgot it :o

gaichuke

2011-10-18, 13:06

A friend of mine wanted me to submit this idea:

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12140

http://www.ideasproject.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/1997/450-349/N9_BLACK_INFOBAR_3.png

Also another idea involving very simple solution to get "classic" bookmarks for the browser:

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11396

Thanks OVK for mentioning my third idea already :)

OVK

2011-10-18, 13:17

Thanks OVK for mentioning my third idea already :)

No problem ;)

I like your idea of "bookmarks" also. It seems that the "no bookmarks for default browser" is a design paradigm by Nokia and it is probably not going to be changed so a workaround is definately needed (app folders that come with PR1.2 might be sufficient though).

Things that I would like to see (probably already posted to N9 IdeasProject):
-contacts for app screen
-possibility to add things to status menu (for example an applet for controlling screen brightness) and status area (cpu/mem applet etc)

LaLlamaQueLlama

2011-10-18, 15:07

I just added my little sandrock, I hope it makes a difference. I always hated the cluttered apps list on my n900. It has been always hard for me to find an application if it wasn´t at he beginning or at the very bottom.

Page flip swipe (http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12150)

LaLlamaQueLlama

2011-10-18, 15:11

I just added my little sandrock, I hope it makes a difference. I always hated the cluttered apps list on my n900. It has been always hard for me to find an application if it wasn´t at the beginning or at the very bottom.

http://www.ideasproject.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/1998/218-398/diagonal-page-changing.jpg

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12150

kowla.alwok

2011-10-25, 06:09

Hey guys new method of using swipe beyond the screen and have more control by one hand
http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12780

Your thought and vote would be appreciated, At least Nokia management board will get the chance to see this

Thank You for your time guys

boudjere

2011-10-25, 06:41

I really hope that in the end Harmattan and the n9 benefit from the ideas the people are posting there.. To me this all sounds like "let's launch another test balloon, give it to the geeks to play with and improve our other phones by using their ideas - like we did with the n900". And yes - I also bought the n9 ;). I just don't want to contribute to an interface for a Windows Phone..

qwazix

2011-10-25, 07:14

My Idea? Opensource fremantle, put it on the N9, get rid of the buttons in the top bar and add swipe. Perfect os.

ajalkane

2011-10-25, 08:25

I am not proposing anything fancy. Instead my proposal is really simple usability improvement for one handed use and easy to implement.

I'm curious if those with the phone have figured out on their own this easier way to activate notification when using just one hand. I have only heard complaints how cumbersome it is. Which is why I felt this is an important improvement despite its simplicity.

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12768

slai

2011-10-25, 09:01

alternative answering calls when screenlock is on.

www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12265

please vote it up lads and ladies =)

j d

2011-10-25, 09:03

My idea was to pick up and drag items (links to web pages, twitter, fb, etc) off the edge of the screen to open them in the background.

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12628

I might be strange, but I find myself spending a lot of time swiping back to the notifications screen, trying to get rid of an app that has just popped up and interrupted my flow.

This idea would solve that problem, and make multitasking more useful. Please "Like" my idea if you agree

Helmuth

2011-10-25, 09:17

For me the video player has currently the biggest drawbacks, those are not my ideas. But I would prefer a possibility to continue videoplayback while checking twitter, so please vote: ;)

Making the N9 the best video player (http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11655)

keep playing videos in background while multitasking (http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11972)

Music Player and video player seek bar gesture. (http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11849)

a option in which you enter the GOTO TIME (http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11910)

Those are not my ideas. But I can feel the pain. At Idea 3 I would personally prefer buttons like at Panucci (http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/panucci/) with a fixed index to jump, but a gestue would be also a working solution. :)

jalyst

2011-10-25, 17:14

I really hope that in the end Harmattan and the n9 benefit from the ideas the people are posting there.. To me this all sounds like "let's launch another test balloon, give it to the geeks to play with and improve our other phones by using their ideas - like we did with the n900". And yes - I also bought the n9 ;). I just don't want to contribute to an interface for a Windows Phone..

Yeah I've no interest in contributing....
I suspect it's purely for augmentations they may or may not do to their flavor of WP.
The way I see it, that's MS's problem to solve/work-on...
I'll buy a Windows Phone soon, but I don't wish to help Nokia with this initiative.
As I fear they're being misleading as-to-what the gathered info. will be used on.

j d

2011-10-26, 01:21

Yeah I've no interest in contributing....
I suspect it's purely for augmentations they may or may not do to their flavor of WP.
The way I see it, that's MS's problem to solve/work-on...
I'll buy a Windows Phone soon, but I don't wish to help Nokia with this initiative.
As I fear they're being misleading as-to-what the gathered info. will be used on.

I think this is too cynical. Nokia, more than any other smartphone maker is actually trying to engage with their customers. And while they can’t, and shouldn’t, try and please everybody… I think this is something that should be encouraged.

mikecomputing

2011-10-26, 02:19

My idea is to add arrow keys to the virtual keyboard so that text editing would be less irritating. http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12122

Actually, I don't know if this is a problem for the english layout but atleast in the finnish layout arrow keys are missing.

this can be done hopefully in pr1.1 by adding them in the xml laylout file. tried it in pr1.0 but it not yet supported but checked in maliit git and it is supported in newer source revision. hopefully in pr1.1 :)

ajalkane

2011-10-26, 03:57

this can be done hopefully in pr1.1 by adding them in the xml laylout file. tried it in pr1.0 but it not yet supported but checked in maliit git and it is supported in newer source revision. hopefully in pr1.1 :)

Also PR 1.1 includes swype keyboard, which conveniently includes arrow keys. Another great thing about it is that it has copy paste keys, which helps in places where it is hard to do otherwise (for example in browser edit boxes)

slai

2011-10-26, 05:28

Question: is it at all possible to make the volume rocker button do this:

on Up: switch to next open app in multitasking.

on Down: switch to previous open app in multitasking.

At all?

rfa

2011-10-26, 10:15

"Nokia Bubbles" (http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12075) on N9 is my Idea - please vote for it.

Another one I made isT9 on N9 (http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/13126)

If no-one adds slai's ideas I will. And claim credit for them ;)

jalyst

2011-10-26, 18:39

I think this is too cynical. Nokia, more than any other smartphone maker is actually trying to engage with their customers.
And while they can’t, and shouldn’t, try and please everybody… I think this is something that should be encouraged.

Maybe...
Time will tell if what they've gathered will go towards helping the N9 or direct descendants.
That's seems to be what they're suggesting with this program, so I hope they're being sincere.

jalyst

2011-10-26, 18:42

Another one I made isT9 on N9 (http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/13126)

I believe there's already something close to this in the malit git repository.

slai

2011-10-26, 22:14

I had ideas?

The rocker thing I dont really see happening, since it would probably disrupt apps a lot. And doing a press on the powerbutton+rocker (think alt-tab/ctrl-alt-tab) would conflict with locking the device and shutting it down.

Did I have other ideas? I posted my way of answering calls on ideasproject allready (see signature).

slaapliedje

2011-10-27, 02:15

I had posted my MeeGo interface idea for a better, more intuitive application launcher, instead of the crappy grid they have now.

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11744

slaapliedje

ejasmudar

2011-10-27, 07:04

Guys, the top 10 for this week is out:http://www.ideasproject.com/community/en/n9

Please check all the ideas, there are some really great ones there and vote/comment on it. You have nothing to lose right?

sanchdaniel

2011-10-27, 07:32

my idea is samba integration.

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/12808

http://www.tshirtbordello.com/images/Vote-For-Pedro-logo.gif

qwazix

2011-11-08, 22:45

My idea is that applications could be pinned on the multitasking view

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/14127

spectrax0x

2011-11-09, 04:42

able to control music playback from status bar :)
http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/14029

freexsa

2011-11-09, 07:13

Here's my little idea.

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/14135