Thomas Wood wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 19:49 +0300, Kalle Kärkkäinen wrote: > [...] >> >> I guess that there should be something extra on the ui. It's pretty >> plain as it is. Maybe there could be animations or some other stuff >> that'd make the phone come to life? Maybe for the menus and toolbars >> or something like in compiz? > > Firstly, You have to build a project that works withing the technical > limitations of your hardware. Sure, the original mockups (2007.1) looked > impressive, but there was no way they were going to be implemented > nicely with our hardware and resources. > > Secondly, it's only natural that after a while something that was once > new and jazzy will become old and plain. The most exciting thing about > this project is not that it will have a fancy user interface or some > amazing "killer" feature. The most exciting thing about this project is > that the whole phone and platform is based on the principles of Free > Software. > > Besides, what's the point of adding animations or "other stuff" if the > most important features don't work in the first place? We're building a > smartphone from scratch here, so let's get our priorities right!
Very well said Thomas! I couldn't agree with you more :-) -Sean _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
