On Fri, 16 May 2008 06:35:55 -0700 Lake Stevens Dental wrote:
> MPlayer for the tablets works fine, as does Claws mail. Both > probably appear in Application Manager installable programs. If an > installable program it doesn't appear there, it typically shows up > with appropriate links in the Maemo.org downloadable programs, or in > the Maemo garage. It does not appear in mine, but I should update my repos. No matter about that. > FYI, Claws for the tablets does offer non-tabbed html viewing -- it's > html viewer doesn't currently allow zooming, which means the small > print can be hard to read. But otherwise it's decent. Now that I've > got my gCalendar running, I'm hoping Claws calendar plug-in can work > with it offline. My wife and daughter are wandering around Europe > with my tablet so they can call me over the internet, so I'll have to > wait for a week or so to see what does or doesn't work in the Claws > calendar plugin. Thanks for the info. Now that talked about internet call, I must study this issue too. > There's a variety of good media players available -- some may > require mplayer to work. One of the limitations that newbs typically > bump into in video playback is the limits size of video frames that > can be processed. There are several good desktop programs that > convert large format video (and DVDs) into tablet sized video. A > full DVD can be crunched into 300M file for tablet viewing. Desktop > processing speed in required for these operations. Mmm... my idea is not running movies but some home-made video. You know, party ones, etc... > As for removing default apps, many can be removed thru application > manager. At this point, some can't be removed, their part of the > 'system'. That was my point... I don't know which is the "base system". I can play around and find it myelf, for sure. > It's possible to store some programs and data (like Claws > email folders) somewhere outside of your internal memory. Wait a second, maybe I have lost some info... I'm booting from my MMC card, but, if I install something now, where is it going to be placed? in internal card?¿?¿? how? > If you've > got a Class 6 or faster SDHC 8G or 16G card in your internal memory > (on the n800), and a companion card in your external memory, you > should have plenty of room and speed for all sorts of programs and > data. The n810s micro cards are also fine, but get a bit expensive > in large memory formats, although that is changing. Yep, but for now I have a 2GB card, enough for playing around and put there many mnay programs... not much data but programs. > One app that I find I can't live without is the application launcher > that lives in the Maemo garage. It allows you to have small icons on > your desktop home for quick launching programs. It could use an > update to add transparency and touch up a few things, but generally > works fine. IMHO, something like it ought to be one of the default > apps. It's like the speed launch bar one has one most desktop OSs. I must take a look at maemo garage! did not know its existence!!! Really, many thanks for your explanations! Cheers, Arnau _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
