With the included mount, I've been using my N810 in the car as a media player more and more, and I wanted to start a thread with suggestions for a possible upcoming 'Car Edition' theme for Canola.
1. This particular theme should be easily accessed from the launch screen. This way I can easily use my Tablet at home with a normal theme and in the car with a 'car' theme, without having to go through the menus to change back and forth. Perhaps a car button either in the corner somewhere or something.
2. I need *some* sort of feedback when I press the button. Obviously haptic would be preferred, but isn't possible currently. Some sort of sound indicator that i've just pressed a button is entirely necessary. A click or squish sound or whatever.
3. An option in the theme to keep the backlight on during playback
4. An option to show a graphic analyzer visualization instead of album art. Doesn't need to be full-screen, but just in the album art box, show something 'fun' to look at
Those are my thoughts. Anyone else using Canola in the car, and have other suggestions to make it optimized for in-car usage?
With the included mount, I've been using my N810 in the car as a media player more and more, and I wanted to start a thread with suggestions for a possible upcoming 'Car Edition' theme for Canola.
1. This particular theme should be easily accessed from the launch screen. This way I can easily use my Tablet at home with a normal theme and in the car with a 'car' theme, without having to go through the menus to change back and forth. Perhaps a car button either in the corner somewhere or something.
for this I think the applet on the home coming back.. will solve =)
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2. I need *some* sort of feedback when I press the button. Obviously haptic would be preferred, but isn't possible currently. Some sort of sound indicator that i've just pressed a button is entirely necessary. A click or squish sound or whatever.
Yeah, this is needed. As we don't have quite haptics =)
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3. An option in the theme to keep the backlight on during playback
We just added it, but actually if you are plugged it stays on. Now we were asked to provide option not to do it. So should we add this even when the power is not plugged on?
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4. An option to show a graphic analyzer visualization instead of album art. Doesn't need to be full-screen, but just in the album art box, show something 'fun' to look at
This visualization request are quite happening, but we have this huge problem of drawing good things on the screen while playing some things, so if the drawing gets a little bit more complicated it can ruin the playback : / this is something that really needs a lot of study and test as we are barely capable of updating the whole screen. For the Carman screen we had some gauges as screensavers providing real info from OBD2 if present.
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Those are my thoughts. Anyone else using Canola in the car, and have other suggestions to make it optimized for in-car usage?
Thanks rccaden, we will really look in to those further.
Yeah, cause you need some distracting analyzer to look at while trying to stay in your lane....
/me ducks
Let's not kid ourselves. We're all thinking how great this dashboard mount is for watching movies on road trips. Also, I'm the guy who records a podcast once a week while driving (well, used to be driving, have started 'parking' for the sake of video quality).
Canola is almost perfect now for in-car use. What I would like to see would be some sort of shortcut or jump point system. I virtually always random mode on the whole library, and to get there currently takes several touches. commmand line option, and extra items on the system menu, or an applet, although there's never enough screen space for applets in my view.
also better audiable feedback of sucessful touches. Would it be possible to have different sound schemes, again selected at launch via command line option, and have a scheme which used voice confirmations of the options?
If we go really bluesky, include carman, and mapping/gps stuff. A ticker-tape player mode always visable at the bottom of the screen over other apps such as maemo mapper could be another alternative.
EHHE =)
rcccaden: Now I see your point.
Well, I know you will probably not like my opinion, but I wouldn't add this : / cover art is for cover art IMHO, and these spectrum visualization doesn't fit to that place.
But it could be added to (ok not fullscreen) but maybe a screensaver visualization mode.
Gazza_d : we are going to improve the random mode, and I will analyze further the voice / sound feedback suggestions, I think they are really something nice to have.
About the Carman and maps stuff, they are more real than you can imagine :
