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2011-12-08 , 18:08
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#21
Originally Posted by zero.vishnu View Post
Again, another long boring post. Like a love letter. I wish I had the time to spare and work on some apps. But then it probably wont be good enough for these guys.

Back in my day, I played 8-bit games and smiled. Nowadays everyone wants better graphics, better this, better that, bla bla. Quality is never good enough. And they want it free.

Steve Jobs should die for doing this to mankind... oh wait he's dead.
Well he actually HAS some valid points.
 

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mikecomputing is offline mikecomputing
2011-12-08 , 18:20
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#22
Originally Posted by Helmuth View Post
noetus, what about starting developing yourself?
Or could you point us to the apps you have already made?

I don't know why you think you have a right to moan if you are the other way around totally unable to provide something with a similar quality yourself!
Jesus calm down (comming from right person

But cant you people take some critic et all?

I personally writing apps and infact is planing to release "yet another password app (using NFC as Master password)" but he HAS valid points. Now I reconsider using some already existing database atleast instead of creating my own.

Another thing noticed about apps. AFAIK there is three dropbox clients NONE is using the sharingAPI in harmattan why is that?

Would be awesome to have "shareto dropbox" in Gallery/mediaplayer etc...

But I also know there is plenty of apps where people are great making good "backendcode" but UI sometimes is not good at all.

Personally I think we need more people working on "design" maybe threadcreator and similar people can help here?

Personally I think people should learn take tips from "whiners" instead of being pissed, as long as the rant is not totally crap.
 

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jalyst is offline jalyst
2011-12-08 , 18:47
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#23
Originally Posted by ejasmudar View Post
In other News, anybody else miss Abill_uk? This new breed of community members like SamGan are just not up to his mark ;P
Oh abill.... how I miss thee... I counteth thy days to thine return
No-one could ever live up to that guy's bizarre mind/thought processes.
 

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2011-12-08 , 18:50
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#24
Originally Posted by ammyt View Post
N9 = Lack of GTK
Wait, there was a porting effort for that sponsored by Nokia, what happened to it?
Can't find the damn info now....
 
SamGan is offline SamGan
2011-12-08 , 20:23
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#25
Originally Posted by ejasmudar View Post
LMAO! I want to live in that dreamland that you're living - where moaning leads to more/better apps!!

In other News, anybody else miss Abill_uk? This new breed of community members like SamGan are just not up to his mark ;P
And you are up to his mark? The only dreamer is you, thinking that keeping quiet will lead to better apps. Or maybe you just don't care enough to ask developers for better software. In that case you should just keep quiet and let others try to correct the situation instead of criticizing them.
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SamGan is offline SamGan
2011-12-08 , 20:28
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#26
Originally Posted by marxian View Post
You have the right to moan at Nokia and at those third-party developers whose applications you have purchased. You do not have the right to moan at FOSS developers just because they have not used their free time to give you exactly what you want. Helmuth is right, the best way to improve any situation is to get involved. There is nothing to stop you from doing so (don't give me any excuses. I started from ground zero 18 months ago). Standing on the sidelines and carping is counter-productive.
Did I moan at FOSS developers to give us their free time for nothing? What makes you think we expect free software? I'm just expressing disappointment at a general situation so don't take it as an attack on developers. Developers also need feedback so it may help them identify what the users want. Not everybody can be programmers and I don't buy the argument that if you can't create an app you can't complain about app quality.
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zero.vishnu is offline zero.vishnu
2011-12-09 , 10:04
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#27
If only you would channel your rants into constructive app criticism at the right people or forum topics, that would be great. Donate. Draw pictures of what you think a good app GUI should look like and mail it to the devs. File bug reports. Sign up for beta testing. Create petitions. Whatever.

So many things you can do, but you choose to rant and all that does is annoy us. Especially good hardworking devs like Marxian.

We all need criticism, that's how the world works. You want to criticize apps, but when we criticize you for being lazy ranters, you get angry.
 
MartinK is offline MartinK
2011-12-10 , 15:14
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#28
Originally Posted by ammyt View Post
N9 = Lack of GTK
Well I managed to build & run Fremantles GTK (+ it's Python bindings) on Harmattan.
There are some issues though:
  • weird build issues in some OBS projects
  • doesn't trigger the virtual keyboard, preventing text input on the N9
  • lack of touch friendly theming
BTW, help with solving those issues would be much appreciated.
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